Circular logic: this is exactly the problem at hand. But we can go further: Disinformation campaigns are generally self-serving, so there is another conditiona

Circular logic: this is exactly the problem at hand. But we can go further: Disinformation campaigns are generally self-serving, so there is another conditional distribution on profit, or perhaps more measurably, resource expenditure. So if you see somebody spending money to censor a belief that profits nobody, and promote a belief that profits themselves, it warrants heavy suspicion.