Alerts | Fake news regulation passed during Covid-19

“Jordan approves indefinite “defense law” banning rumours and false news “

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Jordan’s King Abdullah approved an emergency “defense law” which hands Prime Minister Omar Razzaz sweeping powers to enforce a state of emergency and “deal firmly” with anyone who spreads “rumours, fabrications and false news that sows panic” about Covid-19. The law does not appear to have time limits.

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