On topics that matter: whether COVID is a hoax, whether vaccines are poison, whether nicotine is safe, whether climate change is a hoax, whether Biden stole the election etc, both "sides" of each question aren't on equal footing just because we don't have access to "absolute truth" in a philosophical sense. These factually incorrect beliefs, whatever we decide to call them, are more than a matter of opinion; they regularly get people killed, and have the capacity to do even greater harm.
I'm not necessarily advocating for censorship as a response, but it'd be foolish to pretend that disinformation isn't a serious problem. For the record (since I used that word,) I should say that this is coming from a regular citizen not "a deep-state actor."