TikTok took down several networks allegedly trying to meddle in Romania’s elections, executives said Tuesday as they defended the company’s election integrity measures to European Union lawmakers.
Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who came first after the first round of presidential election, holds ballot papers before casting his vote in the country’s parliamentary election in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who came first after the first round of presidential election, speaks to media after casting his vote in the country’s parliamentary election in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024.
The controversy highlights how TikTok has become a key election tool in Romania, an EU and NATO member state that shares a long border with war-torn Ukraine. Greer and Pegum were being grilled by EU lawmakers about Tiktok’s role in the Romanian vote as well as its compliance with the 27-nation bloc’s Digital Services Act, a sweeping set of regulations designed to protect users online from illegal or harmful content.
“They come, they let the fire rage online for weeks, months, during an election. And then they send very nice people here into this committee to answer questions in a very polite way,” Gotink said. “But it is simply not convincing — and it also doesn’t reflect what is happening online.”
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