On February 21, 2025, the Finnish government proposed amendments to the law governing Yle’s operational transparency and spending, inviting public input on the draft legislation. The proposed changes aim to boost accountability and ensure proper use of public funds for the national broadcaster.

A parliamentary working group released its report on September 12, 2024, recommending a freeze on Yle’s funding increases for 2025-2027, an increase in the VAT rate on Yle’s public funding fee, and enhanced transparency measures including proactive disclosure of operations and financial details. The recommendations also call for greater domestic procurement in production services. These measures aim to improve accountability and operational transparency in line with public service objectives.

A parliamentary working group’s evaluation of Yle’s public service funding has led to proposals—including raising the VAT rate and freezing index increases—that could result in significant budget cuts and threaten the broadcaster’s financial stability and editorial independence.

On March 1, 2022, the Finnish Parliament approved an amendment to the Yle Act that requires most online text-only articles by Yle to be accompanied by audio or video content. In response, Yle’s leadership, including CEO Merja Ylä-Anttila, emphasized the importance of text-based content for ensuring accessible information for all citizens, particularly for marginalized groups such as the hard of hearing or language minorities. This public statement underscores Yle’s commitment to uphold democratic media principles amid regulatory pressures driven by commercial media interests.

Parliament is set to vote on a proposal that would restrict Yle to publishing text content only when it is coupled with audio or video material. The measure, rooted in a 2017 complaint by the Finnish Media Federation against Yle's perceived distortion of the media market, has been endorsed by the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Communications. While Yle's CEO maintains that the change will not significantly disrupt operations and already anticipates the new requirements, critics argue that the restrictions undermine Yle's editorial independence and serve commercial media interests at the expense of public service values.