March 13, 2013

A Twitter account that appears to be the microblogging home of new Pope Francis is probably a fake. “To the best of our knowledge, it is not his personal account,” Twitter spokesperson Elaine Filadelfo tells Poynter in an email.

You can confidently follow @pontifex.

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Andrew Beaujon reported on the media for Poynter from 2012 to 2015. He was previously arts editor at TBD.com and managing editor of Washington City…
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