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Anda Iulia Solea

Lecturer in Cybercrime, University of Portsmouth.

Portsmouth, UK.

Far-Right

How a little-known far-right candidate manipulated TikTok to rise to the top in the Romanian election

— Far-right independent Călin Georgescu leads Romania’s presidential race after leveraging TikTok for propaganda and controversial appeals. Allegations of bot-driven manipulation and pro-Putin stances heighten the stakes for next week’s decisive vote.

By Anda Iulia Solea

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