# Meme Card: Information Moat Defense

## Term

Information Moat Defense

## One-line Definition

Controlling who has access to what information preserves power asymmetries.

## Full Definition

This piece shows how information asymmetries function as a power tool: decision-makers who control what gets communicated can maintain advantages over those kept in the dark. The critique is on making information distribution visible, not on rejecting expertise hierarchy.

## When To Use

- An organization is controlling information flow to maintain power.
- You need to expose how information asymmetries concentrate decision-making.
- You need to make information distribution visible as a power mechanism.

## Not This

This is not a call for complete transparency that makes security impossible. It is a call for making information distribution choices visible and contestable, not hidden.

## Caption Options

- Information moats preserve power.
- Who knows what is a power question.
- Transparency literacy starts here.

## Post Hook

When organizations control information distribution, they maintain power over those kept in the dark. This meme suggests making information distribution decisions visible rather than hidden.