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EU orders TikTok to freeze Romanian elections data

BY REUTERS The European Union has ordered social media firm TikTok to freeze data linked to the Romanian elections, it said in a statement on Thursday. EU officials issued a “retention order” under the bloc’s wide-sweeping Digital Services Act, which regulates how the world’s biggest social media companies operate in Europe. The move comes on the same day the United States voiced concerns over potential foreign interference in Romania’s elections, after pro-Russia ultranationalist Calin Georgescu surged to victory in the first round of the presidential contest on Nov. 24. Far-right parties also performed well in Romania’s parliamentary election last Sunday, though the ruling leftist Social Democrats emerged as the largest party and hope to cobble together a pro-EU coalition government. […] The post EU orders TikTok to freeze Romanian elections data first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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