Romania orders presidential election recount amid TikTok bias claims
Romania's Constitutional Court has ordered a recount of votes from the recent presidential election after claims that TikTok favored candidate Calin Georgescu. The court dismissed allegations of illegal campaign financing against him. Georgescu, who received 23% of the vote, primarily campaigned on TikTok, which denies any bias. The runner-up, Elena Lasconi, received 19% and has called for a fair recount process. The recount is unprecedented in Romania's post-Communist history. TikTok faces scrutiny from authorities, and Romania's telecom regulator has called for its suspension pending an investigation into electoral manipulation.