TikTok became a focus of controversy in the Eastern European country after far-right outsider Calin Georgescu emerged as the ...

Caroline Greer, TikTok's chief lobbyist for the EU, and Pegum faced tough questioning from EU lawmakers over the platform's ...

TikTok is facing scrutiny over election interference after a little known far-right populist in Romania won the first round ...

Romania's unknown extremist candidate, Călin Georgescu, won the first round of elections all thanks to a massive TikTok ...

TikTok has admitted that it took down a “cluster” of accounts backing a pro-Russian far right nationalist who emerged as the lead contender in Romania’s presidential election.

Barely known a year ago, far-right candidate Calin Georgescu successfully dominated social network TikTok to emerge the shock ...

A recount of the votes cast in Sunday's first round of presidential elections in Romania has been ordered by the country's ...

Georgescu’s campaign was buoyed by an outsize following on TikTok, propelling him to first place after he’d been trailing in ...

The meteoric rise of Romania’s unknown extremist presidential candidate, Călin Georgescu, marks a stark premiere for Europe. Despite repeated warnings about the onslaught of anti-Western social ...

Like elsewhere, TikTok's popularity has skyrocketed in Romania. In February 2019, there were just 175,000 TikTok users between the ages of 14 and 65. By the start of 2024, that figure had ...