FACEBOOK has been slammed for "censoring" a feminist campaign group after it was accused of "transphobia".

Woman's Place UK campaigns for women-only spaces and raises concerns about transgender people being able to self-identify as women.

2 Facebook labelled links to the feminist campaign group as "spam" and "malicious" Credit: Getty - Contributor

The social network temporarily blocked links to its website over the weekend citing user "safety" as the site was "malicious".

"This morning, our supporters are reporting that FB posts which link to our website are being removed," tweeted the group, "the reason give (sic!) is that ‘they may be in breach of community standards’. They are not. We would urge you to visit our website, read the posts and decide for yourself".

Its supporters blasted Facebook's clampdown, calling it a "disgrace" and accused the site of "suppressing free speech".

"Only fake news and hard brexit is allowed on @facebook. Women's rights are bad, m'kay." tweeted one user.

The move coincided with a Twitter post from user @mimmymum, whose profile indicates the account belongs to Helen, who is "passionate about acceptance for transgender people & #trans kids".

This morning, our supporters are reporting that FB posts which link to our website are being removed. The reason give is that ‘they may be in breach of community standards’. They are not. We would urge you to visit our website, read the posts and decide for yourself. — Womans_Place_UK (@Womans_Place_UK) July 20, 2018

This is Targeted Harrassment and Silencing of women #WarOnWomen #WPUK pic.twitter.com/R4zTGX7d95 — I am woman hear me roar (@hear_woman) July 21, 2018

This is what happens when you try to share @Womans_Place_UK on @facebook : what a disgrace. pic.twitter.com/dy1KY9qoaG — Rose George (@rosegeorge3) July 20, 2018

The tweet included screenshots prompting users to report Woman's Place UK's group to Facebook for breaching its guidelines.

Helen also accused it of transphobia and excluding trans women.

Judith Green, of Woman’s Place UK, told The Times it was difficult to contact Facebook to discuss why it had blocked the links, adding: “We regard it as a fairly serious interference in democratic discussion. This is about women’s voices being able to be heard".

Woman's Place UK was formed in September 2017 in the wake of the government's pledge to amend the Gender Recognition Act, allowing people to legally change their gender without medical approval.

2 The group's supporters complained of the clampdown over the weekend, and it's since been withdrawn Credit: Corbis - Getty

The group says it wants a "respectful and evidence-based discussion about the impact of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act to be allowed to take place and for women’s voices to be heard".

It has accused social media sites of deliberately "obstructing" and "hiding" its posts and alleged that its detractors are setting up fake profiles as part of a smear campaign against its nationwide events and public meetings.

Facebook's crackdown, and subsequent u-turn, is the latest in a series of gaffes for the company.

Just days ago, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg backtracked from his apparent defence of holocaust deniers on his site.

"I don’t think that they’re intentionally getting it wrong,” the 34-year-old tech mogul originally said of the conspiracy theorists.

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A backlash swiftly followed that forced the multi-billionaire to clarify his controversial remarks.

“I personally find Holocaust denial deeply offensive, and I absolutely didn’t intend to defend the intent of people who deny that,” Zuckerberg wrote in a follow-up note.

But Facebook's policy allowing such blatant misinformation remains unchanged.

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