[Jordan] Government yields to protests and modifies cyber crimes law

Date: 
1 September 2010
Teaser: 

Reporters Without Borders hails the withdrawal of some of the most repressive provisions in the temporary law on cyber crimes in an amendment approved by the government on 29 August but continues to call for its repeal as it still grants the authorities arbitrary restrictive powers, above all because of its vague wording.

The most welcome changes were to provisions concerning defamation and to provisions granting too much discretionary power to the attorney-general’s office.

Adopted on 3 August, the so-called Information Systems Crimes Law imposed a legal framework on news and information websites but the penalties for violations, ranging from fines to forced labour, continue to be disproportionate (articles 8, 10 and 11).

Source: 
Reporters Without Borders

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