Feb 04 2010
Electronic Media Debate
By Daoud Kuttab
The decision by the Court of Cassation to classify websites as “publications” and thus apply the Press and Publications Law to them is troubling.
Unlike other laws that criminalise press violations, Jordan’s Press and Publications Law only allows civilian punishment, meaning that electronic media violators might be fined, but not jailed. But the problem facing web-based publications is much more complicated when it comes to jailing or fining web publishers.