Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu’s account on TikTok was labelled as a political account and treated like any other, the online platform said on Thursday, adding that it had acted on videos flagged by authorities.
“It is categorically false to claim his account was treated differently to any other candidate,” TikTok said in an emailed statement. “When Romanian authorities contacted us to flag a number of videos that lacked identifiers…, we took action on those videos within 24 hrs.”
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