{"id":60601,"date":"2026-05-15T11:27:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60601"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:27:55","slug":"algerias-audiovisual-authority-cracks-down-on-media-violations-during-national-exam-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60601","title":{"rendered":"Algeria&#8217;s Audiovisual Authority Cracks Down on Media Violations During National Exam Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s Independent Authority for Audiovisual Regulation has issued a stern directive to all audiovisual media institutions, ordering them to actively contribute to the smooth running of the Middle School and High School certificate examinations \u2014 a critical national milestone.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive statement to dzwatch, the Authority confirmed it had monitored a series of unjustified violations by certain outlets during its review of previous media coverage, despite repeated prior warnings. Most notably, some channels conducted direct on-air interviews with students immediately upon their exit from examination centers \u2014 a practice deemed a serious breach of legal and regulatory frameworks governing media operations.<\/p>\n<p>The Authority specifically cited Executive Decree No. 24-250 of 2024, which sets the general conditions for audiovisual communication services, alongside Law No. 12-15 on child protection.<\/p>\n<p>Officials told dzwatch that safeguarding children&#8217;s rights, dignity, and psychological well-being represents an absolute legal and ethical obligation that permits zero tolerance for violations \u2014 particularly during sensitive field coverage involving minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s Independent Authority for Audiovisual Regulation has issued a stern directive to all audiovisual media institutions, ordering them to actively contribute to the smooth running of the Middle School and High School certificate examinations \u2014 a critical national milestone. In an exclusive statement to dzwatch, the Authority confirmed it had monitored a series of unjustified &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}