Open Jordan – أُردن مُنفتِِِح

سكجها : قرار التمييز تطوّر إعلامي لو طُبّق فعلاً لكنّا أمام مشهد لم يسبق لنا أن رأينا مثله، أو في أي
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On Jordan Censoring The Internet
www.black-iris.com

Jordan to Apply Press Law to Digital Content | OpenNet Initiative
opennet.net

Voices in my head: I want my freedom back!
ataplace.blogspot.com

On the New Publication Law: Big Brother is Watching You – Cinnamon Zone
oeliwat.jeeran.com

الأردن: السلطة تحكم الخناق على الإنترنت | جريدة الأخبار
www.al-akhbar.com

Last Famous Words from Jordan
www.gyonis.com

قصة تعاونيّة مستوحاة من إخضاع المواقع الإلكترونية لقانون المطبوعات والنشر الاردني | makan
www.makanhouse.net

Infinite Reflections: Why Internet Censorship in Jordan is Bad for Business
samishalabi.com

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Brief in English:
Thank you all for your support, this Tuesday will be a blog action day against the new court ruling regarding online censorship. If you’re a blogger please join with a blog post on the subject, if you’re not a blogger please help in sharing others’ blog posts that we will share with you in this event page on Twitter or facebook, and share your comments on these blogs.

Open Question by Fouad Jeryes, join the conversation:

As of late, most of us in the region have already heard the news regarding the new censorship laws in Jordan. Some of the report reads as follows:

Yesterday, Jordan’s high appeal court has decided to extend the reach of Jordan’s print and publications law to any electronic medium . The court’s decision, issued last week but published yesterday only today, empowers authorities to prosecute or impose fines on any electronic medium of Publishing from SMS to the Internet user from Twitter user, to facebook, to journalists, bloggers and editors for publishing online material that the law finds wrong.

Free speech and thought is a trait of mature societies and economies……….. more

Ahmad Humeid blogs on 360East.com:

One of the best things about Jordan is its liberal and open attitude toward the internet.

In an Arab sea of restrictiveness (Lebanon is the exception) our open internet policy has enabled Jordanians to access all of the web (with the exception of one site: the US-based ArabTimes.com). This openness says something important about how the Jordanian state views the citizens: people with the right to access the information they want, not as half-humans who need to be “protected” from information.

Jordan’s internet openness has also spawned a promising web industry, whose fruits include companies like Maktoob.com…… more

بقلم إياس شرايحة

قد يعد قرار محكمة التمييز بتصنيف المواقع الإلكترونية كـ”منشورات” وإخضاعها لقانون المطبوعات والنشر أسخن المواضيع المتداولة في المدونات الأردنية. ويواجه قرار محكمة التمييز استنكار حاد وُجّه من قبل أصحاب عدد من المواقع الأردنية، التي تعد أساساً لما يسميه البعض بـ”الاعلام الأردني البديل” ، الذي نشأ كرد فعل تجاه …….. مزيد

By Eyas Sharaiha

Perhaps the talk of the moment in the Jordanian blogosphere is the decision of the Court of Cassation of Jordan (also known as the Supreme Court) to categorize Internet websites as a type of “publication” thus extending the controversial Press and Publication Law to govern websites as well. The decision was met with fierce opposition in the Jordanian Blogosphere; …. more