Sending a request for rectification or response to Yle

You can send Yle a request for rectification or response related to a specific Yle programme or article.

A request for rectification concerns incorrect factual information and not the perspective of a programme or article or the opinions expressed in a programme or article.

Under the Act on the Exercise of Freedom of Expression, a private individual, a corporation, a foundation and a public authority have the right to have erroneous information on them or their operations contained in a network publication or program corrected in the same publication or in a program by the broadcaster in question, unless such correction is manifestly unnecessary owing to the minor significance of the error.

Similarly, a private individual who has a justified reason to consider that a message contained in a publication by Yle is offensive has the right to have a response published in the same publication or programme. The right to respond especially arises if a person has not been consulted in connection with the publication.

Yle acts in accordance with the principles of the Act on the Exercise of Freedom of Expression.

When contacting us, please share your name and precisely what publication your request concerns. This will speed up the processing of your request at Yle.

Please answer at least the following questions in your request:

Provide your contact information: your full name and phone number or email address.
Is it a request for rectification or response?
What publication does the request concern? When was the content published and in which medium? If possible, attach a link to the relevant publication in your request.
What part of the publication does your request for rectification or response concern?
Give detailed grounds for your request.
Include either “rectification” or “response” in the title of your message.
Please note that we will be able to process your request more quickly if you send it electronically. If you send your request by mail, include your full name and postal address or phone number so that we can reply to the message. If you send your message by mail, it will reach us later. In this respect, you are acting at your own risk.

Sending a request for rectification or response to Yle

You can send a request for correction or right of reply to Yle at oikaisu@yle.fi. Om din begäran om rättelse eller genmäle berör Svenska Yles innehåll kan du skicka din begäran till rattelse@yle.fi. Jus vuigen- dahje vástta guoská Yle Sámi prográmma dahje artihkkala, váldde oktavuođa čujuhussii sami.radio@yle.fi.
You can also email your request for rectification or response directly to the editorial office that produced the content. Get to know Yle's Finnish speaking editorial offices, Swedish speaking editorial offices and Sámi speaking editorial office.

The names of Yle’s responsibel editors are available on our website. The editor-in-chief is also listed at the end of each programme.

Feedback on Yle programmes

You can send feedback on the perspective of a programme or article or other actions taken by Yle at yleinfo@yle.fi.

Correcting an error according to the Ethical Quidelines for Journalism

As stated in the Journalistic guidelines, Yle corrects a material factual error as soon as possible after it has become known to the editorial staff. The correction is published in all publication channels where the incorrect story has been published or made available to the public, and the correction is accompanied by information about the error and how and when it has been corrected.

The attention value of the correction is proportional to the severity of the error. If there are multiple factual errors or if the error could cause serious damage, the editorial staff will publish a new corrected story identifying and correcting the incorrect information.

Making a significant change in accordance with the ethical guidelines for journalism

The Journalist's Guidelines explain in which cases we make a significant change to the content.