SOCIAL media giant Facebook came under pressure from its users today after appearing to have banned a disability rights campaign group from posting on the site.

People trying to post content from the Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) website saw error messages between Friday and yesterday afternoon claiming that the posts breached community standards or were deemed abusive.

The activist group said they suspected that some person or group had reported their posts, including on their regional pages.

Despite many users complaining to Facebook, campaigners say the company did not acknowledge the problem.

DPAC Sheffield member Jennifer Jones told the Star that her group also thought it could be to do with government pressure on digital platforms to avoid carrying “fake news.”

Ms Jones said all DPAC’s content is carefully researched as it was important to “get things right” in order to promote the interests of disabled people.

“We depend on being able to communicate with our members on social media, not just to spread words and information but also for people to reach out to us,” she said.

“Sometimes, when people reach out to us who are at the end of their tether, we spend hours on the phone with them.”

Ms Jones became involved with DPAC five years ago in the same way after seeing activists chaining themselves to railings in Westminster.

She said: “I thought they were so fierce and brave. I can’t imagine if at the time I couldn’t have reached out.

“Why would someone want to silence disabled people? We are not a fake news site and the fact that this week two Tory MPs have had to apologise to Parliament for presenting inaccurate information proves that.”

Ms Jones also raised the question of who could be targeted next, warning that “an injury to one is an injury to all.”

DPAC said it is now looking into getting answers from Facebook and establishing alternative ways of communicating with members as “absolutely no way on Earth” will the group be shut down.

Facebook had not responded to the Star’s request for comment at the time of going to press.