Marijn Markus

AI Lead | Managing Data Scientist | Public Speaker

Dec 8, 2024

Financed by russia to boot.

Only about 20 people or so answered Georgescu’s “call to the people” to protest against elections he himself tried to rig through #TikTok campaigns.

Georgescu signed up legally and began promoting himself on TikTok, just as he had been doing for the past few years

📈 However, right after the first round began, a week before voting day, a massive network of bots, numbering no fewer than 600,000(!), launched an extensive campaign for him, giving him an unfair and illegal advantage over his competitors

⚖️ According to Romanian electoral code, promotional texts during the campaign must include a special electoral marker to indicate a political campaign, which Georgescu failed to do.

Additionally, €50 million was spent by several individuals who received funds in cryptocurrency from a russian network operating out of South Africa.

Fooling 22% of the country to vote for a man they only knew from viral TikTok misinformation.

This is why the election was annulled.

☝️ All of this was shared and confirmed by Romanian #Intelligence services as well as TikTok itself, who banned millions of followers in response.

I hope everything is clearer now.

PS: this is also why many call TikTok a National #Security Threat.

PS2: the pro russian guys who tried to rig the elections are also known for making suspicious arm movements ✋️