AI regulation in Jordan (2026)

Launched by MoDEE, the strategy sets a five-year roadmap of 68 projects across capacity-building, R&D, investment, legislative support, and public-sector AI adoption, aiming to position Jordan as a regional AI hub.

Approved by the Council of Ministers on 3 August 2022, this voluntary framework sets principles of transparency, fairness, privacy, and accountability for AI development and deployment. It was developed by MoDEE with public, private, academic, and civil-society stakeholders.

Jordan's first AI governance document, published by MoDEE, established strategic priorities for integrating AI across public and private sectors and provided a baseline for subsequent strategy iterations.

Jordan's first comprehensive data protection law (effective 17 March 2024) governs consent, data subject rights (including right to object to profiling), and cross-border transfers — providing the primary binding framework applicable to AI systems that process personal data.

Criminalises data interception, unauthorised network access, fake accounts, phishing, and dissemination of misinformation — covering AI-enabled cyber offences without being an AI-specific statute.

Academic and legal analysis confirms the absence of a dedicated AI law, weak regulation of algorithmic liability and transparency, and no specialised AI regulatory body. MoDEE's AI Strategy 2023–2027 explicitly lists 'supporting legislative and regulatory environment' as one of five strategic pillars, signalling awareness of the gap.