The presidential election of last year was canceled in a controversial manner after the authorities judged Interference from the major Russian elections in support of the ultra -nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu. With Georgescu forbidden to stand up during the recovery of this month, the 38-year-old nationalist, Simion, is in the lead after the first round, but the polls showed the gap for the moderate candidate Unucșor Dan narrowing considerably for the decisive vote on Sunday.
Elena Calistru, president and co -founder of non -profit local funky citizens, who monitors disinformation, said that the implementation of the measures adopted by the Romanian authorities did not respond to the bar for electoral objectivity.
Critics focus on emergency regulations rushed in January which are considered too extensive and punitive, regular voters are unfairly considered as “political actors”, the platforms necessary to eliminate the content within five hours and the risk of fines of more than an average annual half. More than 4,000 content deletion orders have been given since April 4, most of them for Tiktok.
Neither the permanent electoral authority of Romania nor the central electoral office responded to a request for comments.
“The authorities failed in November and they want tools to resolve part of this behavior,” said Septimius Parvu, which coordinates the elections program for the local non -profit experts, which is fighting for transparency and responsibility.
The central electoral office “must follow dozens of complaints daily” and “some of their decisions are controversial, because the institution has ordered that the content that should not be labeled as political advertising is deleted,” he said.
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