Generative AI is increasingly disrupting global elections, spreading deepfakes and disinformation that manipulate voters and ...

Former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was indicted on Wednesday for endorsing fascist propaganda, according ...

Romania’s far-right former presidential frontrunner Calin Georgescu, whose shock victory in last year’s first-found ballot ...

TikTok is helping facilitate the spread of disinformation and enhancing cyber security threats throughout Europe. The EU ...

Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu's shock victory in the first round of elections was annulled amid accusations of Russian interference, suspicious TikTok accounts and secret payments to online ...

Romania's top court upheld the electoral committee's earlier rejection of 'TikTok Messiah" Georgescu's candidacy, causing demonstrations in Bucharest on Tuesday evening. #EuropeNews ...

However, after the vote, Romanian intelligence said that foreign actors, most likely Russia, had manipulated social-media platforms, especially TikTok, to benefit Georgescu.

Georgescu had won the first round of last year's presidential vote, but it was annulled after intelligence revealed Russia had been involved in setting up almost 800 TikTok accounts backing him.

While Georgescu’s shock first-round win was helped along by a savvy -- and, potentially, illegal -- TikTok campaign, he was tapping into a deep malaise among many Romanians, who are sick of ...