Keep a list of people who defend technology that clearly should be doubted. They may be simpletons, or they may be agents. Update your trust matrix accordingly.

When the Nord Stream was bombed, I noticed who was countenancing the idea that maybe Russia did it. No matter how innocent and normal they seemed to be previously, all those influencers are very suss to me now, because only a total idiot or an agent of disinformation could have thought such a thing. That included (for your edification) Anders Puck Nielsen and Mallen Baker. I may still listen to them, they seem moderate and not clearly in one camp or another, but that one event put big red flags on them. Not every agent of disinformation is as obvious, blantent and one-sided as Ben Shapiro. Some are subtle tricksters.