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Jordan

0%DSA alignment

Regulation is content-control: the 2023 Cybercrime Law forces 100k+ platforms to open a local office and enables ad bans and bandwidth throttling for non-compliance, with no DSA-style transparency or accountability obligations.

In forceCybercrime Law No. 17 of 2023 (2023)· TRC / Public Prosecution
In forcePersonal Data Protection Law No. 24 of 2023 (2023)· Personal Data Protection Council

Scored against the DSA

Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Jordan’s law requires the same. Cells cover DSA-style, user-protective transparency and accountability only.

  • Required by law
  • Partial / emerging
  • No such obligation
  • Undetermined

Transparency

  • No such obligation

    Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39

    No ad-library mandate.

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  • No such obligation

    Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42

    No content-moderation transparency-report mandate.

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  • No such obligation

    Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40

    No researcher-access right.

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  • No such obligation

    Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)

    The 100k-subscriber threshold triggers a local-office duty, not public reach disclosure.

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Accountability

  • No such obligation

    Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34–35

    No systemic or child-safety risk-assessment duty.

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  • No such obligation

    Independent auditDSA Art. 37

    No independent audit mandate.

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  • No such obligation

    Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38

    No recommender-transparency or non-profiling-feed mandate.

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  • No such obligation

    Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49–52, 74

    TRC ad-ban/throttling sanctions and PDPL fines target content-removal / local-office and data-protection compliance, not user-protective governance.

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Child protection

  • No such obligation

    No profiling ads to minorsDSA Art. 26(3) / 28

    No targeted-ad-to-minors ban.

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  • No such obligation

    Age assuranceBeyond the DSA

    No age-assurance mandate for social media.

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  • No such obligation

    Child-safety duty of careDSA Art. 28

    PDPL requires parental consent for children's data; no platform child-safety duty of care.

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