On Monday Helsingin Sanomat ran an article on rampant racism in Finnish TikTok comments.
Asmaa Abdi, the 27-year-old daughter of Somalian refugees born and raised in Finland, told HS that she was no longer going to restrict or censor comments on her TikTok account.
"I've been wondering why I should hide the fact that there are a lot of racists here who openly think this way," Abdi said.
Abdi's account touches on aspects of racism in Finnish society and she noticed hate speech ramping up in the lead up to the parliamentary elections last year. Her comments on candidates' discriminatory campaigns released a flood of anonymous trolls hiding behind nicknames.
TikTok's content moderation is automated, meaning no human is involved in deciding what is or isn't appropriate for the social media platform.
Comments can be flagged and reported, but new accounts can always be created if one is banned.
In April, a comment on one of Abdi's posts told her to "kill yourself". She responded with another video citing the comment, which was quickly taken down by TikTok. None of the racist or vitriolic comments against her were taken down though.
A representative from TikTok was unable to answer HS' inquiry into why the platform cannot tackle racist and violent comments.
Private education strike
Tabloid Iltalehti covered a new batch of strike warnings, this time targeting Finland's private education sector from 13 May to 16 May.
The Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ), the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors (JHL) and the Federation of Public and Private Sector Employees (Jyty) announced the strike plans on Sunday.
Iltalehti reported that previous negotiations have failed between employee and employer organisations to reach a new collective agreement.
The strike aims to speed up negotiations on a new collective agreement covering working conditions in the private education sector.
A strike last week in the sector affected around 19,000 children and young people, according to the employer organisation, the Finnish Education Employers (FEE).
Schools that fall under the umbrella of the strike include the International School of Helsinki, the English School and the Helsinki German School.
Third time's the charm
Tampere ice hockey club Tappara won their 20th men's Finnish championship and third Liiga title in a row on Sunday night. Local newspaper Aamulehti was all over the action on the latest instalment in Tappara's trilogy of successive wins.
Aamulehti photographers covered every angle of the action in the Sunday night matchup between Tappara and the Lahti Pelicans.
Lahti had previously won one game in the finals against Tampere, but fell flat in the series clinching game, losing 3-0 against Tampere on their home ice at Nokia Arena.
Aamulehti's coverage wasn't just confined to Nokia Arena though, with photographers capturing the action outside the landmark stadium and at a local pub on Sunday night.
The newspaper was also there to cover the surest sign of any ice hockey win in Finland, locals bathing in a public fountain.
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