Jordan adopts cybercrime law seen as threat to free speech ...Kuwait

Jordan's parliament on Thursday approved a widely criticised cybercrime law empowering the government to control more online content, prompting U.S. concerns and alarms from rights groups that say it will further quash civil liberties. The measure tightens prison sentences and penalties for any website, social media platform or person responsible for a public account deemed to have violated privacy and a host of other provisions. It passed by a majority vote after a marathon six-hour debate and is expected to be enacted in coming days. The law has alarmed journalists, human rights activists and pro-democracy groups worried that its vague language would curtail further

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