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TikTok disinformation falsely accuses von der Leyen of cancelling Romania’s presidential run-off
Euronews' verification team has detected pro-Georgescu TikTok accounts falsely pinning responsibility for the cancelled second round of voting on the EU Commission chief.View on euronews
Disinformation circulating on Chinese-owned platform TikTok falsely claims that European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen personally intervened to call off the second round of voting in Romania’s presidential elections. But on Tuesday morning, the executive announced it was initiating formal proceedings against TikTok over suspected breaches of the EU-wide Digital Services Act (DSA), due to its failure to adequately mitigate risks related to the integrity of Romania's election. The Commission has also made an urgent request to TikTok for more information about how it could have enabled a state actor to artificially inflate Georgescu's online campaign, and ordered it to preserve any data, including its system of recommendations and the monetised promotion of political content, related to electoral risks across the EU.
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