TikTok defends handling of Romania election content in grilling by EU lawmakers

Associated Press

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — 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. The video-sharing platform is a focus of controversy in the Eastern European country after far-right outsider Calin Georgescu emerged as the frontrunner in the vote, plunging the country into turmoil amid allegations of electoral violations and Russian meddling. Many observers chalked up Georgescu’s success to his TikTok account, which now has 5.7 million likes and 526,000 followers.