The heavily restricted “Terrorism” category, which makes up over 50% of the entire list, is almost all of Muslim, South Asian, and Middle Eastern ppl and orgs. Armed right-wing militias in the US are placed in a far more permissive 3rd tier, subject to the lightest restrictions.
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The Oath Keepers and Three Percenters, among other right-wing, heavily armed anti-government militant groups, are all placed in the least restrictive Third Tier of the policy, in striking contrast to the demographic makeup of those placed in the highly restrictive First Tier.
“Due to the company’s mimicry of federal terror sanctions, which are
meant to punish international adversaries rather than determine ‘dangerousness,’ it is Facebook policy that the likes of the Iran
Tractor Manufacturing Company and the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund,
a U.K.-based aid organization, are both deemed too much of a real-world
danger for free discussion on Facebook and are filed among Tier 1
terrorist organizations like al-Shabab.”