Cross-border influence targeting Romania’s vote and Moldova’s leadership

This week, our Weekly Blog highlights a recent DFRLab report uncovering a coordinated network of at least 215 cross-platform accounts – 116 on Facebook, 79 on TikTok, and 17 on Instagram. Between December 2024 and June 6, 2025, these accounts generated 8,514 posts, attracting more than 16 million views and 681,000 likes. The investigation reveals how pro-Russian influence targeting Romania Moldova has been systematically amplified through this network, exploiting major social platforms to shape.