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Jordan Says It Will Begin Censoring Websites

15th January 2010 01:19

The Jordanian government has ruled that electronic communication like websites will be subject to the country's Press and Publications Law, prohibiting speech that insults religion, according to reports from the region. Jordanian blogger Gaith Saqer covered the news in English this afternoon on his blog Arab Crunch. Sponsor Critics of the ruling worry that the law will be widely applied to social media, possibly even SMS and to websites that allow reader comments to be…