Notice how mild the language is in Human Rights Watch reports on Jordan. It almost said: repress but not too much. " A proposed law requiring electronic publications to obtain a license
and granting executive authorities the power to close down unlicensed
sites threatens freedom of expression online. The government on August
22, 2012, sent the draft amendments to the Press and Publications law to
parliament for approval. “The government has long imposed restrictions on how Jordanians may express their thoughts and opinions,” said Christoph Wilcke, senior Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Now it is trying to extend those restrictions to online expression.”"