The European Union has sent TikTok an urgent request for more information about Romanian intelligence files suggesting that Moscow coordinated influencers on the platform to promote an election candidate who became the vote’s front-runner.
People wave Romania n and Europe an Union flags during a pro- Europe an rally ahead of the country’s Dec. 8 runoff presidential elections in Bucharest, Romania , Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for presidency who won the first round of presidential elections, speaks after an interview with the Associated Press in Izvorani, Romania , Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. People wave Romania n and Europe an Union flags during a pro- Europe an rally ahead of the country’s Dec.
TikTok has 24 hours to respond to the EU request, officials told a press briefing in Brussels. Georgescu will face pro-EU reformist Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union party Georgescu’s unexpected rise in the polls has plunged the European Union and NATO country into turmoil and spurred the authorities to release the files.
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