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Elena Trifan speaks of Georgescu's fascist rhetoric.[60]

TikTok scandal

Georgescu's campaign used social media, especially TikTok, where his videos had more than 52 million views in a four day period and attracted the attention of younger voters.The Romanian Supreme Council of National Defence said that TikTok had given Georgescu "preferential treatment" leading to his "massive exposure".TikTok said Georgescu was treated the same as other candidates and "was subject to exactly the same rules and restrictions".[61]

On 4 December 2024, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis declassified and published Romanian intelligence agency documents, which stated that Georgescu's growth was "not organic" and was funded and coordinated by a "state actor".Iohannis declassified the documents at the request of the intelligence agencies.The documents said that Georgescu's advertising campaign slogan "Balance and uprightness"[b] was in its methodology identical to an earlier TikTok campaign slogan "Brother near brother" purchased by Russian actors and targeting Ukraine.