The National Artificial Intelligence Code of Ethics (National Charter for Artificial Intelligence Ethics)

Summary

Bilingual Arabic-English code of ethics prepared by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship under Jordan's 2020 AI Policy and approved by the Council of Ministers, which circulated it to government bodies for compliance. It sets eight principles for the responsible use of AI (humanity and society; inclusiveness and justice; privacy and data; transparency; responsibility and accountability; reliability; integrity and non-fakeness; environment and sustainability), including human intervention in AI decisions, no use of AI to manipulate or mislead, testing before market release and accountability of natural persons for harm. It adds principles for the metaverse and AI research.

Safety topics

Open question

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Status notes

The code cites as its legal basis Article 3(d) of the Telecommunications Law No. 13 of 1995, Article 61 of the General Policy for the Communications, Information Technology and Postal Sectors of 2018, and Article 21 of the Jordan Artificial Intelligence Policy 2020, which requires national regulatory frameworks for the responsible use of AI. The Ministry prepared it through a technical committee of experts from the public and private sectors, civil society and academia. It addresses individuals, public and private institutions, international and local organisations and civil society, inside or outside Jordan, and recommends complaint channels at the Ministry for AI-ethics complaints. It also lists the risks of not adhering to it. The Arabic title translates literally as 'National Charter for Artificial Intelligence Ethics'.

Sources

Open the official source https://modee.gov.jo/ebv4.0/root_storage/en/eb_list_page/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9_-_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_-_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A93-8-2022_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9-0.pdf

Secondary source: https://modee.gov.jo/en/pages/aicustompage

Local copy

Verification

History

1. 2026-10-18verification.level: A → C — level computed from the evidence by tools/pipeline.py2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-18english_version: – → {"kind": "authentic", "url": "https://modee.gov.jo/ebv4.0/root_storage/en/eb_lis — added: the official PDF is bilingual, so the English text is the Ministry's own2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-18notes: A draft was published for consultation on 10 February 2022 with comments due by → The code cites as its legal basis Article 3(d) of the Telecommunications Law No. — rewritten: legal basis, the expert committee, target groups, complaint channels and risks from the PDF, and the literal rendering of the Arabic title; the consultation dates, the approval date and the 2023-2027 strategy's compliance follow-up moved to verification.note, since no stored file has them2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-18safety_topics: ["accountability & liability", "transparency & labelling", "deepfakes & syntheti → ["accountability & liability", "transparency & labelling", "human oversight", "e — 'deepfakes & synthetic media' replaced by 'evaluation & testing': the integrity and non-fakeness principle concerns not misrepresenting AI capabilities, not synthetic media, while the reliability principle requires testing before market release and periodic review2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
5. 2026-10-18summary: Bilingual charter prepared by a MoDEE-chaired technical committee under the Jord → Bilingual Arabic-English code of ethics prepared by the Ministry of Digital Econ — rewritten from the stored PDF and MoDEE's news item: Cabinet approval and circulation to government bodies for compliance (news item), with no month since no stored file dates it; the technical committee was formed by the Ministry (not 'MoDEE-chaired'); safety commitments from the principles added2026-10-18-recheck-mena-africa-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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UNESCO AI Ethics Recommendation UNESCO · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE); approved by the Council of Ministers. The National Artificial Intelligence Code of Ethics (National Charter for Artificial Intelligence Ethics). 2022-08-03. https://modee.gov.jo/ebv4.0/root_storage/en/eb_list_page/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9_-_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_-_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A93-8-2022_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9-0.pdf. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-18 (level C). Local copy archive/JO-01/2026-10-11/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-11 19:46:37 UTC, SHA-256 3c7a8553a9cb1dd99f1271f4140c8d0e61112023598c6c453c3abbbbbd69e605. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record JO-01.

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