On June 5, 2022, Iraq’s Security and Defense Parliamentary Committee announced that it will reintroduce the Cybercrime Draft Law for parliament to vote on during its current session. The law would give authorities the right to monitor and prosecute citizens for their social media posts. The Committee stressed that the Law should be passed in …
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, the UNESCO office in Beirut, in partnership with SMEX, held, on April 28, a conference titled “Journalism Under Digital Siege’’ to discuss the challenges faced by journalists in today’s digital age. The event focused on the impact of the latest developments in monitoring …
Journalism in Jordan is suffering some severe blows as a result of laws and legislations that are inherently restrictive to the freedom of the media and the practice of the profession. Many regulations, which have been passed in violation of the Jordanian Constitution, currently serve as a legal umbrella for authorities to control independent websites …
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