Romania's unknown extremist candidate, Călin Georgescu, won the first round of elections all thanks to a massive TikTok campaign, raising concerns over foul play and prompting an EU investigation.View

The Romanian case puts the European Commission in a tough spot, as investigating TikTok's role in how the vote went down could be seen as interfering in national elections. Romanians are scheduled to head to the polls for a parliament election this weekend and a second round of its presidential vote on Dec. 8.

Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu’s shock first-round win comes despite a campaign budget of zero and polling in the single digits.

The deputy head of Romania's telecoms regulator will start the official process of suspending social media platform TikTok across Romania from Thursday pending an investigation into the part it played in Sunday's first round of the presidential election,

Romania's National Audiovisual Council has asked the Commission to open a formal probe into the role of video sharing platform TikTok in the Romanian presidential elections, a spokesperson for the EU executive told Euronews.