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In 2013, however, the Press and Publications Department initiated a ban on Jordanian news websites which had not registered and been licensed by government agency. The order issued to Telecommunication Regulatory Commission contained a list of over 300 websites to be blocked. The mandatory registration of websites was a part of amendments made to the Press and Publications Law in September 2012. The amendments included articles that would hold online news sites accountable for the comments left by their readers, prohibiting them from publishing comments that are deemed "irrelevant" or "unrelated" to the article. The restriction caused several prominent sites to turn off their comments sections. Online news sites are required to archive all comments for at least six months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://7iber.com/2013/06/internet-blocking-begins-in-jordan/|title=Internet Blocking Begins in Jordan|date=2013-06-02|access-date=2013-06-02}}</ref> One of the blocked sites was [[7iber]], which could not register as a news site because the Jordan Press Association does not credential online journalists.
In August 2023,Prominent Arab satirical website Al Hudood responds to its ban in Jordan by satirizing proposed censorship laws, highlighting its decade-long role in humorously critiquing Middle Eastern politics and societal norms.<ref>{{Cite news |last= Knell |first= Yolande |date=2023-08-05 |title=Jordan's free speech boundaries tested with satire |language=en |work=BBC |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66397036 |access-date=2023-08-16}}</ref>
==Freedom of religion==
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