The impact of the proposed “cybercrime act” on the press freedom from the perspective of the media practitioners in Jordan

Authors

Dina Sameer Mobaideen, Middle East University-JordanFollow
Saddam Suleiman Almashaqbeh, Middle East University-JordanFollow
Hanan I. kamel Al Sheikh, Middle East University-JordanFollow

Abstract

The aim of this study is to highlight the issue of human rights information affecting everyone working or involved in the media sector in Jordan and show the strengths and weaknesses of electronic crime bill from the viewpoint of information providers, and display electronic crimes Act general contents 21017/2018 especially (Hate speech) and (article 11), which was considered controversial, and view the status of media freedoms in Jordan before the adoption of the draft cyber crime. The study used qualitative analysis and relied on the interview as a tool for data collection where it was taking a sample from the article on media, major results were as following: The laws governing the work of journalists in general have a direct impact on, the Government took from electronic crimes act to other countries. The Government has formulated legal amendments based on laws does not suit the culture of our society. The government's subsequent amendments to the definition of hate speech are copies of Article 150 of the Jordanian Penal Code. The study recommends enacting a special law to keep pace with technological developments and cyber crimes

Recommended Citation

Mobaideen, Dina Sameer; Almashaqbeh, Saddam Suleiman; and Al Sheikh, Hanan I. kamel (2022) "The impact of the proposed “cybercrime act” on the press freedom from the perspective of the media practitioners in Jordan," Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education (مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية (للبحوث في التعليم العالي: Vol. 42: Iss. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jaaru_rhe/vol42/iss2/2