Thomas Friedman was praising Jordanian rule only a few months ago

"Can it last? Doubts grew in September when the Jordanian parliament passed a law curtailing freedom of expression on the Internet and giving the government broad powers to block websites it deems inappropriate.  “The law is so vague you could drive a truck through it,”says Abdelmajeed Shamlawi, chief executive officer of the Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan. The law, which was passed a few days after demonstrators took to the streets in Amman to protest an anti-Islam video that originated in the U.S. and was broadcast on the Internet, was deplored by groups such as Human Rights Watch as an instance of state censorship.  On a scale of 1 (most free) to 7 (least free), Jordan scores 5.5, or “not free,” according to the Freedom in the World 2011 report published by Washington-based Freedom House." (thanks Nir)