nudge nudge wink wink say no more

"Georgescu's popularity increased from 1 percent shortly before the race to 22 percent artificially, through a vast operation of manipulation that involved influencers and ensnared Romanian institutions as well as ordinary voters."

"Some 25,000 TikTok accounts allegedly used to increase Georgescu's popularity 'became very active two weeks before the date of the elections,' according to the declassified documents."

"the entire network was activated at full capacity,"

"Another method used to promote the candidate involved the creation of accounts that falsely represented institutions of the Romanian state.

These fake accounts had supportive posts for Georgescu, presenting the false notion that they ... supported him."