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.

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

After his first-round victory, another TikTok account solely featuring Georgescu content, which had 1.7 million likes, ...

A report by the European Digital Media Observatory found that Georgescu got 120 million views on TikTok through both “direct promotion and indirect influence via unpaid influencers, often ...

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'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 ...

Georgescu had cheated, Romania’s intelligence agency now said — his campaign had colluded with Russia, which had run a vast disinformation campaign on, it turned out, TikTok.

Lausberg said Georgescu used his TikTok presence to send strong, simple and emotional messages, showing he is a “simple man who can stand up to the elites”.