Research & Publications
Reports and publications by JOSA. Our research areas include: digital rights, digital security, freedom of expression online, regional ICT landscape, and more.
Research Papers
Mapping AI in the MENA Region
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 27 May 2021
Digital Rights
Measuring Facebook Live-Streaming Interference during Protests
By Jordan Open Source Association and OONI
Publication Date: 11 June 2019
Policy Recommendations
Advocacy
AI Implications on Journalism in Jordan
By Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA)
Publication Date: 16 June 2022
Digital Safety
Online Gender Based Violence in Jordan (in Arabic)
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 31 January 2022
Privacy
Full Text of the Personal Data Protection Draft Law as Submitted to the House of Deputies (in Arabic)
By Prime Ministry of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Publication Date: 16 January 2022
Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA) Response to the Request for Additional Notes on Amending the Instructions and Conditions for Licensing and Operating Radio Local Area Networks
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 23 December 2021
Open Knowledge
MaDiH: Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan Policy White Paper
By James Smithies, Fadi Bala’awi, Pascal Flohr, Shatha Mubaideen, Alessandra Esposito, Sahar Idwan, Carol Palmer, Issa Mahasneh, Shaher Rababeh
Publication Date: 31 May 2021
Digital Rights
Comments of the Jordan Open Source Association on Regulations on the Establishment and Operation of IXPs and their Service Provision (in Arabic)
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 16 December 2020
Open Government, Advocacy
Comments and Remarks of the Jordan Open Source Association on the Jordanian Digital Transformation Strategy 2020 (in Arabic)
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 27 September 2020
Ethical considerations to guide the use of digital proximity tracking technologies for COVID-19 contact tracing (Arabic Translation)
By World Health Organization
Publication Date: 28 May 2020
Advocacy, Internet of Things
Comments and Remarks on Instructions to Create and Build Internet of Things Solutions Draft
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 1 February 2020
Advocacy
Comments and Remarks of the Jordan Open Source Association on the Draft General Policy for the ICT and Postal Sectors of 2018 (in Arabic)
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 1 April 2019
Position Papers
Privacy
Biometric Data in Jordan
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 4 April 2022
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