In November 2021, the IEA was pleased to hold, in partnership with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a conference on the Meaning of Competition featuring leading commentators and academics in the field.The objective was to reflect, in the 75th anniversary year of Hayek’s...

In order to achieve satisfactory mobile telephony coverage in Britain, telecommunications companies need to site their equipment on land belonging to others.The Electronic Communications Code regulates legal relationships between those companies, or others operating their equipment, and the...

The draft Online Safety Bill presents a significant threat to freedom of speech, privacy and innovation. ‘Safety’ has been prioritised over freedom. The Bill’s proponents wrongly assume it is possible to remove ‘bad’ content without negatively impacting on the ‘good’ and that...

The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland forms part of the Withdrawal Agreement which formalised the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Its stated intention was protection of peace and stability in Northern Ireland, which was considered to require trade between Northern Ireland and...