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Will the DSA Save Democracy? The Test of the Recent Presidential Election in Romania

By Joan Barata on

Voting manipulation through social media platforms. Illegal campaign financing on TikTok. Cyber-attacks. Suspected Russian interference. The circumstances around Romania’s troubled December presidential election bear all the hallmarks of a modern political thriller. But the circumstances around the election and its annulment also present an opportunity to consider the application of Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and its limitations.

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