A series of declassified documents suggest TikTok was exploited by a "state actor" to influence the outcome of Romania's presidential election.
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00:00The European Commission says it has sent TikTok an urgent request for information
00:05demanding more answers about a platform's controversial role in the first round of Romania's election.
00:12The EU Commission's request on Friday came hours before the Romanian Constitutional Court
00:17cancelled the presidential runoff scheduled for this Sunday.
00:21The latest developments followed serious concerns of foreign interference.
00:25The Commission has indeed sent to TikTok another request for information,
00:30this time asking the platform to provide comments to the issues raised in the intelligence documents
00:36that were declassified by the Romanian authorities,
00:40as well as information shared and actions undertaken by TikTok as a result of those issues.
00:46The EU Commission's request for TikTok is based on the Digital Services Act, DSA,
00:51and comes with a deadline of 24 hours.
00:54The first round of the election saw a previously unknown far-right nationalist candidate,
00:59Karlina Ceaușescu, top the polls in a shock result.