The decision by public health authority THL to suspend its Twitter account has led to questions about how Finland is tackling the spread of disinformation online.
"If reasonable actors are not there, we are definitely giving more space to that other content," University of Helsinki senior researcher Salla-Maaria Laaksonen told APN.
"At the same time, it might also work as some kind of wake up call, that maybe this type and this style of communication that we have been using is not the best and maybe we could do better as a society."
Marin sets out election stall
The 2023 parliamentary election campaign sparked into life when Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) labelled the opposition Finns Party "openly racist" during a debate hosted by the Association of Political Journalists.
"Strong statements like this are not very typical," Emilia Palonen, a senior lecturer in Political Science, told the show.
"We have less of those kinds of statements partly because of this perpetual need to be included in future coalition governments."
Here comes the sun
The sun rose once again over the northernmost municipalities of Finnish Lapland on 17 January, after nearly two months of polar night, known as kaamos in Finnish.
Lapland resident Kaisa Kylä-Kaila told APN that — contrary to popular belief about the cold and the dark — kaamos is one of the most beautiful times of the year.
"I love it. The most amazing thing is the colours, because many people think that it's just dark for the whole 5-6 weeks period, but actually the colours are so bright, and pink is pink and blue is blue," she said.
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This week's show was presented by Ronan Browne and Veronica Kontopoulou. The sound engineer was Anders Johansson.
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