I cannot say I am surprised at the news of the royal seal approving amendments to the press and publications law. There was, deep down, a part of me who thought this wouldn’t happen and felt that this was perhaps another state policy that would get knocked down by the King after public pressure. But [...]

Photo Courtesy of: Jordan Open Source Association Once upon a time, the Jordanian government thought that censoring the Internet was actually a bad thing. In fact, the government felt that the best regulators of what content users should consume were the users themselves, in the form of the community – parents, schools, etc. Government recognises [...]

Today, amendments to the Press and Publications law will be coming out of committee and on to the Lower House floor for a discussion and a probable vote. All signs point to these amendments passing, and for that we will be gathering tomorrow between 9:45am and 12pm outside parliament to mark the death of an [...]

This is a subject that, I admit, I have avoided writing about like the plague, and for good reason. After months of witnessing a group absurdly demanding the government actually move in to censor porn sites, and after months of a counter movement trying to convince people that self-regulation is the key and that any [...]

Every now and then, we all need a break, and I certainly needed one. Especially from the bubble that is social media, where one day you wake up and start the robotic routine of posting, tweeting, replying…before realizing you’re not adding anything of value. That’s when you realize you’re probably just adding to the noise. [...]

“God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible. How can we resolve problems if we do not place ourselves in [...]

…if you’re a blogger/tweep, you can start here.

I’m here in Tunisia for the next four days at the third Arab Bloggers meeting, which has brought together what I think are some of the most significant digital voices in the Arab world today. It’s quite interesting to be in Tunisia, the first Arab country to gain its freedom from a tyrannical power and [...]