Digital Single Market, Social Media, the Digital Educational System, Romania, and the European Union: A Critical View

The primary goal of this article is to analyze, investigate, and interpretsome concepts related to digitalization and Romanian digital policyin the context of the European Union, especially in these pandemictimes that highlight the exclusion of disadvantaged people such as theyoung, low-income, and elderly from various perspectives such as theeducational state, social, economic, and cultural. This paper proposesa brief history, status, and future perspectives of the digital era, as wellas an objective perspective on the discrepancies between Romania’ssystem and those at the European Union level, as well as discrepanciesbetween ambitions and practical results via analyses and officialstatistics. This article also contends that Romania has a large potentialfor digital growth, and that the use of technology may aid and enhancethe lives of individuals from various vulnerable groups, such as theelderly and schoolchildren.