It's strange to see the Romanian government try to use the GPDR to harass journalists. Governments have become increasingly shameless about going after the press so no cover is required.

The UK government [1] has done this to multiple journalists including the Guardian, BBC [2], Greenwald's partner famously among others under the 'terrorism act'.

The US govt [3] is liberally using subpoenas, court processes and threatening new laws [4] to force journalists to give up sources.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/14/government-ter...

[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-use-terro...

[3] https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/increasing-number-journa...

[4] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

[5] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/james-risen-faces-jail...

[6] https://archives.cjr.org/behind_the_news/press_subpoena_sour...