Interesting summary of the alarming level of interference in the Romanian election which has led to the first round of voting being annulled.
There are some parallels with our own recent election in respect of TikTok's poor moderation.
And who will be responsible for fighting against disinformation, foreign information manipulation and interference in the EU?
Our own Michael McGrath, EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection.
@ccferrie So Romania has the concept of an unsafe result, as do Switzerland and Ireland. It's a shame that the UK and the US do not. Evidently "mature democracies" are incapable of believing that the electorate can be misled, regardless of any amount of evidence.
I think it's because the US and UK treat democracy as a religion rather than a practice. If it were the latter, it'd be subject to reasoned evaluation and review, whereas the former is a matter of faith and to challenge it in any instance is heresy.
