TikTok faces EU order over mysterious Romanian election data surge
EU officials ordered TikTok to keep Romanian election-related data after finding odd social-media promotion patterns. Security reports show unexpected social media activity supporting specific candidates
The EU made a quick-action move against TikTok this thursday‚ ordering the platform to freeze all data connected to Romanian elections (due to new digital-service rules that control social-media in Europe)
A pro-Russia candidate Calin Georgescu got big numbers in Romaniaʼs first election round last month; his success made the US point out possible outside meddling. The far-right groups did well in last sundays parliament vote — but the left-wing Social Democrats came out on top and want to build a pro-EU team
Romanian intel papers (shown to public on 12/4) found that Georgescu got lots of help on TikTok: paid posts bot-accounts and smart computer stuff pushed his content up – even though he said he spent no money. The docs say its part of “Russiaʼs sneaky election games“ but Moscow says thats not true
TikTok spoke up: “Were already working with EU people and will keep doing that; some news about this isnt right and we need to check facts“. If Georgescu wins next sundays final vote experts think he might pull Romania away from its EU friends
The whole thing shows how social-media can shake up voting these days – the EUʼs watching close and using its new laws to keep things in check
