Despite the false claims, the TikTok video, a clip from a longer interview by Georgescu on state-run TV, proved popular, with 5.1 million views and more than 213,000 likes.

Former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was indicted on Wednesday for endorsing fascist propaganda, according ...

Georgescu, aka the "TikTok messiah", has been the poster boy for right-wing conspiracists ever since his startling victory in ...

Georgescu's sudden popularity on TikTok appears to have helped fuel his election victory. One Romanian think tank told the AP that his TikTok following and engagement — his posts garnered over ...

According to a report by Expert Forum, a Bucharest-based think tank, Georgescu's TikTok account has had an explosion which it said appeared "sudden and artificial, similar to his polling results." ...

TikTok appears to have played a major role in Georgescu's success. The short-video platform is very popular in Romania: About nine million of the country's 19 million inhabitants, especially young ...

Many observers attributed Georgescu’s success to his TikTok account, which has 4.3 million likes and 679,000 followers.

Georgescu, a 62-year-old independent candidate who used to work for the United Nations, surged to prominence during the campaign with the help of TikTok, where his account gained 5.1 million likes ...

Romania’s central election authority barred far-right candidate Calin Georgescu from competing in May’s presidential election re-run, not the European Union, contrary to misleading posts online.