Bohdan Ivan (PSD), Minister of Digitalization, reacted on Tuesday after PSD and PNL leaders told HotNews.ro that the TikTok platform must be urgently regulated in this election year. “I don’t want the world to panic because we’re going to ban TikTok or any other app from tomorrow, but we’re talking about very clear rules that will govern when we’re talking about deepfaking, misinforming people,” Ivan said. . TV B1.

The minister promises a mechanism for all social networks that will remove illegal content in a maximum of 60 minutes

The minister noted that it is a matter of weeks until there will be a clear regulation of social networks, so that messages that incite hatred, hidden hatred of the state, and that violate democratic rules are eliminated. The rules will apply to all social networks.

• “We have two levels. The technical level that, after the analysis carried out by our ministry with the public authorities on cyber security, we came out with a clear recommendation from the Operational Council on Cyber ​​Security, according to which everything that means a service device from the public administration in Romania is strongly recommended not to install this program.
• The second aspect, which is more related to political marketing, is very clearly regulated by the Law on Artificial Intelligence, which was adopted by the European Parliament, the Romanian Strategy on Artificial Intelligence, which we are going to adopt in the Government and which has been publicly discussed for more than six months, and the Law on Digital Services, a directive at the European level, which is automatically transposed into Romanian law and for which, since December, we have created an enforcement mechanism in a form where everything that means content incites hatred and hatred of a state that comes and violates democratic rules or is created by artificial intelligence and does not adheres to the platforms terms of use – we are talking about the standard – this is filtered much more strictly and automatically ends up being harder to break.
• We have also created a mechanism that will be implemented in a maximum of two to three weeks, by which anything that means such reported content can be removed in no more than 60 minutes,” Bohdan Ivan said.

The minister also explained how this control will be carried out: “There are technical filters, and when you use a certain verbal pattern, certain words, you use a certain behavioral profile, the filters automatically prohibit the upload of that video clip, for example. Regardless of the party, regardless of whether he is a politician or not. We are talking about a single standard that does not benefit anyone.”

The digitization minister also clarified that for everything that means AI content, there are already filters agreed with the major platforms 4-6 weeks ago, and the Digital Services Act should be passed in a few weeks.

Key messages from the Coalition on TikTok regulation

PSD spokesman Lucian Romašcanu and PNL First Vice President Rares Bohdan told HotNews.ro on Saturday that they will reach for the regulation of TikTok or the closure of the platform.

The theme is also present in key messages sent by PNL strategists to party communicators. Liberals are taught to say that the party “stands for freedom of speech and information.”

“At the same time, we cannot ignore the concerns of the US and EU states regarding the use of this social network for the purpose of collecting user data,” PNL consultants said in a statement.

They claim that “this is a platform that encourages horrific behavior among young people.”

HotNews.ro published IRES poll data on Saturday showing that young people between the ages of 18 and 35 vote overwhelmingly for AUR. According to the aforementioned poll, George Simion’s party ranks first in the desire to vote for women parliamentarians among young people with 15%.

“This is an uncontrolled space where a lot of harmful content is hosted: videos that encourage bullying, that distort information, that spread various addictions. Therefore, it is only natural that the use of TikTok should be better regulated to limit the mentioned dangers. We don’t want to ban access to a communication tool, but we want to create a framework that allows for its safe use,” is the key message developed by PNL strategists for the party’s communicators.

George Simion makes fun of Nikolaj Chuke on TikTok

George Simeon’s TikTok account has 413,476 followers and 6.2 million likes.

Pinned posts, which are saved in a place where they can be seen quickly, received 1.4 million views, 1.1 million views, or 871,051 views.

George Simion’s latest video about the HotNews.ro article about Israeli PNL consultants and a recommendation for Nikolaj Chuke.

“The advisers and strategists of Nicolae Chuke have found a solution, they are going to make him film himself on the phone, as they film Simeon. The only thing left is to teach him to speak coherently in Romanian,” is a video posted by the AUR president around 12:00 on March 26, 2024.

The video collected in an hour 467 reactions and 57 comments, plus 17 shares. Over 5,000 people watched George Simeon’s TikTok video in an hour.

In a statement to HotNews.ro, the AUR leader criticized PSD and PNL’s intention to regulate TikTok.

Marcel Cholaku has an account since December, many speeches from government meetings

Prime Minister Marcel Cholaku activated his TikTok account in December 2023. PSD leader has 1650 followers and 2695 likes. Most of the videos are speeches at the beginning of the government meeting.

The last post was published four days ago and received 77 reactions and 15 times.

In the videos posted on behalf of Marcel Cholaku on the TikTok account, statements to the press appear, as well as a meeting with the Pope.