TikTok remains the primary source of news for the majority of young people in Finland, with about half of the survey’s respondents saying they use the social media platform to follow news updates.
Historically a net contributor, Finland now faces a difficult path towards economic recovery, made all the more challenging by sharing the EU’s longest landborder with Russia.
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP), the Finnish public health authority THL and two-thirds of Finns are in favour of banning or restricting the use of social media by under-15s.
The All Points North podcast visits a school, examines the research, and hears an on-the-ground report from Australia in search of answers to whether Finland should ban social media for children.