[x-pubpol] Hundreds Of Websites Go Dark In Jordan In SOPA-Style Protest

[Joly MacFie]

(via Judith Hellerstein)

http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/29/150-websites-go-dark-in-jordan-in-sopa-style-blackoutjo-protest-over-internet-freedom/


Jordan, one of the more moderate of Middle Eastern countries and seen by
some as the would-be “Silicon Valley of the Middle East”, is today
exercising its freedom of expression in a SOPA-inspired media blackout to
protest a piece of legislation that could threaten that freedom in the
future. Apparently hundreds of
sites<https://twitter.com/matthewteller/status/240732618675589120>
have
gone dark in support of
#BlackoutJo<https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23blackoutjo> —
a protest against a draft bill to amend the Press and Publications Law. If
approved, critics believe it could restrict Internet freedom in the country
by blocking international sites, and allowing the government to moderate
and potentially restrict online commenting and social media in the country.

The protest was brought to our attention by Jordan-based TC reader Rami
Arafat. Several high-profile figures, including Queen Noor Al
Hussein<https://twitter.com/QueenNoor/status/240780558018412544>,
have also gotten behind the effort.

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