Authoritarian regimes have structural advantage in information warfare because they can lie freely and research shows falsehoods spread faster on social media than truth, while democracies are constrained by norms against deception and must maintain legitimacy through truthfulness.
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General Mick RyanEvidence Quote
“authoritarians can say whatever they want and we know from studies in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that uh falsehoods and lies spread more quickly through the internet”
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Mick Ryan: This Is What The Next Great Power Conflict Will Look Like— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:33:05 AM
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