Jordan unblocks some news websites: vast majority remain banned
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The Jordanian government on Wednesday unblocked a number of news websites that have rectified their licenses, days after more than 250 websites were banned.
A total of 9 websites were unblocked, including Al Bawaba.
The move follows a government crackdown on news websites that failed to comply with government licensing restrictions. Hundreds of websites were blocked on Sunday, after a letter was sent from the Head of the Press and Publications Department (PPD) to the Telecommuincations Regulatory Commission (TRC).
Amendments to the 2012 Press and Publications Law meant that websites had to operate within the same framework as traditional media companies in the Kingdom.
Media proessionals protested vehemently against the changes and some news websites continue to refuse users the ability to leave comments, in a show of frustration against the amendments.
The majority of the websites that were listed, including Jordan Days and Saraya News, remain banned and continue to display the message "The requested URL is banned at the request of telecommunication regulatory commission."
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I for one am so happy to read this as AlBawaba is one of my favorite online news spot. About the only online news sites I have not been able to access to leave comments, is the Sana-A and Iran Today. Both [I believe] are owned by their respective governments. Al Jazeera purchased a cable site in the US and I have anxiously been awaiting that as right now comments to their site online are routed to facebook.
