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OPEN LETTER Attn. of: The National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) & European Commission ANNEX – EFOR analysis on access to VLOPS data in Romania – https://expertforum.ro/en/data-access-election-integrity-lessons-from-online-disruptions/ Romania stands at a critical juncture, grappling with one of the most challenging moments in its recent history. The annulment of the November 2024 elections, ···
As usual at the beginning of the year, EFOR launched its 2025 Annual Report. Our conference featured a guest-star speaker: Peter Pomerantsev, one of the sharpest analysts of Kremlin propaganda, a bestselling author, and a leading proponent of original ideas on how to confront mass disinformation that has taken on the characteristics of a millenarian ···
The Romanian electoral fiasco in November shocked both society and international public opinion, bringing to light chronic dysfunctions in public institutions that have come to represent a threat to the state and democracy. Beyond the sovereignist wave visible in other countries, Romania has particular vulnerabilities – and not only to manipulation on social networks. ···
EFOR warns that during Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s visit to Bucharest today, he is likely to strike a dubious gas and electricity deal with Marcel Ciolacu. Meanwhile, this week the Romanian government is promoting a “project of strategic importance” to unsustainably increase gas consumption. The two would make Romania highly dependent on Russian gas, with ···
After the first round of the presidential elections, held on November 24, we spent many days dissecting the online antics of Călin Georgescu, the surprise winner, as well as the malfunctions of TikTok and social media platforms in general. This reaction is understandable to a point, given the shock of the results and the astonishment ···
EFOR has analyzed over 130 assets declarations submitted by candidates in the parliamentary elections. Due to the very large number of candidates (more than 8000), we only looked at a few political parties and only at those candidates who declared the maximum amount, i.e. 198,000 lei or contributions very close to this amount. We analyzed ···
The Vot Corect Coalition published the monitoring report of the December 1 parliamentary elections. The coalition consists of the Expert Forum, the Center for Civic Resources, Civica, the Center for the Study of Democracy, Radautiul Civic and the Electoral Observatory. Code for Romania ensures the development of the Vote Monitor smartphone application, with which we ···
The Vot Corect coalition released its Preliminary observation report for the November 24 Presidential Elections. Read the report. UPDATE: after the release of the report, the Constitutional Court ordered a full recount of the ballots and a revision of the results, as a result of a candidate (Cristian Terheș), based on alleged modified protocols in ···
What can we observe in the case of Romania? FULL REPORT HERE We invite you to open the Pandora’s box now and explore why the TikTok platform has captured widespread attention, particularly in Romania. According to reports by Expert Forum, there has been a growing trend of far-right parties turning to TikTok as their primary ···