EU puts TikTok on watch over election security

The European Commission has responded to widespread concerns swirling around the impact of TikTok on elections in Romania by announcing it’s stepping up monitoring of the platform’s compliance with the bloc’s online governance framework, the Digital Services Act (DSA). This follows the shock emergence of Călin Georgescu, an independent, far-right, pro-Russian nationalist, as the lead candidate in a first round vote in Romania’s presidential election last month. TikTok has been a focal point for Georgescu’s unconventional political campaigning — which saw him surge from polling around 1% in early November...