The USR’s smell sees monstrous. What did he alarm?
USR deputy Radu Miruță says that the state authorities assist « careless » in front of a hybrid war, Romania being « intentionally vulnerabilified ». What does it refer to?
According to a statement sent, on Sunday, four months after the annulment of the elections of December 2024, Romania remains without concrete measures against the online manipulation networks, « although the danger is officially recognized ». Following the interpellations addressed to ANCOM, the CNA and the Presidential Administration, the chairman of the Commission for Information and Communications Technology in Parliament, the deputy USR Radu Miruță, « draws a serious alarm »: « ANCOM and the CNA confirmed that they did not take any measures to detect and block the trail networks that manipulate Romania ».
« It is shocking. The Romanian state assists passively in front of a hybrid war in sight. We pretend that we do not see how tens of thousands of false accounts, coordinated in many cases from the Russian Federation, poison the public space in Romania, simply, the election campaigns and undermine our belonging to the EU and NATO. accomplices? ”, Says Radu Miruță.
In the quoted statement, it is recalled that, according to the official Tiktok report and recent press investigations, over 27,000 false accounts have coordinated, coordinated, to millions of Romanians, pro-Russia, anti-NATO and support for gold and George Simion; March brought an escalation by using artificial intelligence, including videos manufactured in which Vladimir Putin urges Romanians to military enrollment; misinformation reaches 4-5 million Romanian citizens daily.
« In a country with a precarious digital education and in the absence of firm public reactions from the authorities, this manipulation has a devastating effect. The December elections have been canceled following the poisoning of the public space. Today we go to new elections, without the state taking any measure. » It is irresponsible, « warns the deputy.
Radu Miruță states that the USR has submitted a clear draft law to protect the digital public space in which the elimination of the illegal content is specified within 15 minutes from the publication; limiting the spread of posts that instigate hatred, violence or manipulates elections and fines of 1% of the turnover for platforms that do not comply with the law.
According to the quoted source, the USR asks the interim president Ilie Bolojan to convene the working group on protecting the electoral processes and requests the immediate adoption of the measures necessary for the information safety of Romania.
« Romania has a concrete solution on the table: the antimanipulation law submitted by the USR, aligned with European standards. Only the political will. PSD and PNL must decide on the side of which are: of Romanian citizens or those who draw information in Romania, » says Radu Miruță.
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