Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun
- Romanians confront extensive online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun next week.
- Authorities annulled the November election after allegations of electoral violations and a campaign promoting Calin Georgescu.
- Georgescu's March barring from the May 4 redo election prompted violent protests on Bucharest streets.
- Analysis found 45% of accounts discussing protests were fake, significantly exceeding the usual 7-10% baseline.
- Experts expect hybrid attacks on the electoral system to intensify, fueling distrust from insufficient official explanation.
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NZZ: "Georgescu's supporters continue their protests"
"It's just like communism," a protester complains to journalists at the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, five months after the annulment of the presidential elections in Romania. In the meantime, however, "the Messiah has entered into silenzio stampa."

Romania presidential election re-run under Trump shadow
Five months after the shock scrapping of presidential elections, Romanians go back to the polls on Sunday -- with a key far-right contender excluded and criticism by the US administration looming over the tense vote.

Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun
Romanians are confronting a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a fraught presidential election redo next week, including ominous claims that the EU and NATO member country is surging toward “imminent war” with Russia.
Globalist Assault On Democracy Intensifies In Romania
Following a decision by an Appeals Court in Ploiești to suspend the previous decision of the Constitutional Court to cancel the Romanian Presidential Election in December, effectively restoring the victory of populist candidate Călin Georgescu, the globalist regime quickly struck back. With record speed, in a hearing that lasted less than one hour, the country’s Supreme Court annulled the decision of the Ploiești Court of Appeals.
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