Italy`s premier-designate Conte leaps into social media
(WorldNews Italy)

ROME (AP) - Italy`s 5-Star Movement has long been at the forefront of using social media to engage its base and promote its `direct democracy` ethos, and its first-ever premier-designate, Giuseppe Conte, has finally caught the bug. Conte this week launched Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts after having had virtually no social media presence or public following. He has caught up with his political masters who became the single biggest political party in Parliament thanks to a well-oiled Facebook machine...