How do Italian politicians use Facebook as a propaganda tool

This article has been published for the first time for Wolf, a Slow News magazine, in Italian.

One of the big issues at stake since Trump was elected to the USA 2016 presidential election is political propaganda on Facebook.

Is it true that the elections were manipulated through Facebook? Is it true that people can be influenced by social media? Is it true that I can send targeted messages to individuals by leveraging their weaknesses thanks to all the…