People impacted by the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine claim they have been censored on social media about discussing symptoms.
Victims who have suffered life-changing injuries from the jab say they have been given "warnings" online while trying to talk about their experiences.
It comes after a test case was brought to the High Court against the pharmaceutical company by a father-of-two who suffered a significant permanent brain injury which resulted in a blood clot after receiving the jab in 2021.
A similar case has also been launched by the widower of a woman who died after having the jab.
People impacted by the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine claim they have been censored on social media about discussing symptoms
ReutersWhile some individuals experienced severe side effects from the vaccine, research estimates that across the UK for every 10 million people who were vaccinated with AstraZeneca, there are just 66 extra cases of blood clots in the veins and seven extra cases of a rare type of blood clot in the brain.
Many people - who have not taken legal action - now say they are being forced to "self censor" and speak in code, or face their support group being closed down.
Charlet Crichton launched UK CV Family, a private Facebook group for those injured or bereaved from Covid vaccines, in 2021.
The 42 year-old suffered an adverse reaction from the AstraZeneca jab and has since lost her sports therapy business and spends weeks at a time in bed.
"I set up the group because I was finding people online in the UK like me. And we felt we didn’t have anyone to talk to about it apart from each other," she told the Telegraph.
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The group says it is "not anti-vax" and requests that members "refrain from posting anything that suggests otherwise."
Crichton added: "We very quickly learned that we had to self censor, otherwise we’d be shut down."
She was blocked from commenting for a period of time "to prevent misuse" and alleges that social media platforms "shadow banned" members - a process which sees the algorithm hide some posts from others on the app.
She added: "It’s very, very difficult because we want to talk about what we’re going through. We need to talk about what we’re going through."
Many people - who have not taken legal action - now say they are being forced to "self censor" and speak in code, or face their support group being closed down
Getty ImagesSimilarly, it has bene reported that YouTube tried to censor videos of testimony given by lawyers to the Covid Inquiry about vaccines.
Stephen Bowie, a member of the Scottish Vaccine Injury Group (SVIG) tried to upload a video of a statement given in a hearing by Anna Morris KC, a lawyer representing those who have suffered injuries or bereavements from jabs, to his YouTube channel.
The social media platform flagged the clip as a violation of its "medical misinformation policy."
Bowie, who suffered a spinal stroke and blood clots after having the AstraZeneca vaccine, was told by YouTube: "We reviewed your content carefully, and have confirmed that it violates our medical misinformation policy."
AstraZeneca said that patient safety was its "highest priority", that its vaccine - Vaxzevria - had "continuously been shown to have an acceptable safety profile", and that regulators around the world "consistently state that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects."
