After several days of suspicion, the authorities openly questioned the platform, owned by the Chinese giant ByteDance, on Thursday.
Mr. Georgescu benefited from “preferential treatment” from this very popular application in Romania, said the Supreme Council of National Defense after a meeting devoted to cyber risks in elections.
Election in Romania: Who is Calin Georgescu, the pro-Russian candidate who campaigned on Tiktok
Without naming him, the presidential press release mentions the “massive exposure” from which he benefited, and calls for immediate measures, without specifying which ones.
The day before, TikTok had denounced “erroneous and misleading” allegations.
Finally, Romania says it has noted “cyber attacks” aimed at “influencing the regularity of the electoral process” in progress, noting “a growing interest” on the part of Russia (…) in the current context of regional security “.
Romanians return to the polls this Sunday to elect Parliament, before the second round of the presidential election on December 8, if all goes well.
