Romania’s recent elections didn’t just happen at the ballot box. They unfolded across TikTok, Facebook, X, and other similar platforms on which nationalism, conspiracy, and algorithmic propaganda turned fringe voices into front-page politics. Madalina Botan argues that this digital battleground expanded beyond borders, as Romanians abroad became powerful co-authors of a polarised political story
Associate Professor, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) Bucharest / Coordinator, European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) Hub for Bulgaria and Romania (BROD)
Madalina also coordinates SNPA's Center for Media Studies.
While her broader academic interests lie in communication studies, her current research focuses on disinformation, algorithmic propaganda, AI-related distortions of democratic processes, and the assessment of regulatory frameworks concerning digital platforms and AI deployers.
She has coordinated the EDMO’s efforts to assess platform compliance with the Code of Practice on Disinformation.
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