A move by three tech giants in the US to shutdown Parler - a social media platform favoured by Donald Trump supporters - has renewed debate over freedom of speech online.
In the wake of the US Capitol riots earlier this month, Apple and Google removed Parler from their app stores, while Amazon Web Services stopped hosting the company on its servers.
All three argued Parler had not done enough to moderate content posted on its platform.
Associate Professor in UCD s Sutherland School of Law TJ McIntyre said of the Parler shutdown: This is the first time we ve seen this response to the platform.