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
Open Government, Privacy
An e-government strategy that overlooks digital divides - English version
By Raya Sharbain and Anonymous II
Publication Date: 30 November 2022
Open Government, Digital Rights
An e-government strategy that overlooks digital divides - Arabic version
By Raya Sharbain and Anonymous II
Publication Date: 30 November 2022
Exploring Women’s Contribution to Open Source Software in Jordan- Motivations and Disincentives (A Preliminary Study)
By Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA)
Publication Date: 27 November 2022
Privacy, Open Source Software, Digital Rights
Using FOSS To Reimagine A More Transparent Android Platform- A Learning Model for Non-Technical Users
By Mira Yaseen
Publication Date: 27 October 2022
Digital Safety
Pegasus Spyware - An Exhaustive Study
By Tamara Almasri (Jordan Open Source Association) and Mohammad Ababneh (Princess Sumaya University for Techology)
Publication Date: 23 August 2022
Digital Safety
Proposed Audit Framework for CSOs
By Tamara Almasri - Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 17 August 2022
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
Digital Rights
Media Convergence in Jordan
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 31 January 2023
Digital Rights, Open Government
Necessary amendments to the Personal Data Protection Law draft in Jordan.
By Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA)
Publication Date: 30 November 2022
Advocacy
AI Implications on Journalism in Jordan
By Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA)
Publication Date: 16 June 2022
Digital Rights
APC Internet Rights Charter
By APC Association for Progressive Communication
Publication Date: 11 April 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
Position Papers
Privacy
Biometric Data in Jordan
By Jordan Open Source Association
Publication Date: 4 April 2022
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