Romania's regulator calls for TikTok's suspension after an ultranationalist's shock first-round win fueled by viral TikTok videos, amid vote interference fears
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Discussion
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@daractenus
@daractenus
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BREAKING: Starting tomorrow, TikTok will likely be banned in Romania for “failing to comply with the regulations for the conduct of the electoral process”. [image]
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@joni_askola
Joni Askola
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1/8 TikTok's role in Romania's election disinformation should be the last warning! This addictive and useless trash app that lacks transparency and is full of disinformation only serves china and its proxies to weaken the West, and it's high time to finally ban it in the EU! [ima…
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@paulaerizanu
Paula Erizanu
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TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romania election “Romania is a warning bell: Radicalisation and disinformation can happen all over Europe with harmful consequences,” said Valérie Hayer, head of the liberal Renew Europe group 1/2
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@dan_tfhc
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If you were wondering how elections can be influenced. This is a bot farm that spawned an unknown candidate from Romania and placed him in the top to everyone's surprise. This is how a tik tok bot farm looks like: https://www.tiktok.com/... #alegeriprezidenţiale2024 [image]
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@daractenus
@daractenus
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POLITICO: TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romanian election. “Romania is a warning bell: Radicalization and disinformation can happen all over Europe with catastrophic consequences [...] We call on the CEO of TikTok to come to speak in this house.” […
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@mikiashvili_m
Marika Mikiashvili
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One more proof that TikTok is an autocratic menace.
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@paulaerizanu
Paula Erizanu
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In 2 months, on tiktok Georgescu managed to get the reach that the other candidates gathered in 11 months, via an orchestrated network & influencers with copy-paste speeches. The question is: where did the money come from? An analysis from expertforum https://expertforum.ro/...
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r/neoliberal
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TikTok just pushed an insane person to a first round victory in the Romanian presidential election.