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Bring Back Truth—March Against Lies, Fake News, and Disinformation | Opinion

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People's March For Truth is critical to call for the end to the Era of Disinformation .

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced its platforms of Facebook, WhatsApp , and Instagram will no longer fact check content.

The attack on truth in this country is ongoing as the U.S. recently imposed sanctions on the Russian Center for Geopolitical Expertise and Iranian Cognitive Design Production Center .

Michele Weldon is an award-winning journalist, emerita faculty at Northwestern University , senior leader with The OpEd Project , and author whose most recent book is, The Time We Have: Essays on Pandemic Living . The views expressed in this article are the writer's own. Related Articles Start your unlimited Newsweek trial.

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