Press Freedom Group Shops Censored Articles In Minecraft Library

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Minecraft is a hugely standard video recreation, with more than 170 million copies offered all over the world



A digital library housing censored articles from all over the world has been created within the vastly popular video game Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).



Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, enables gamers to construct complete universes from Lego-like digital blocks, both alone or with others on-line.



RSF mentioned it had put work by banned, exiled or killed journalists in five international locations -- Egypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Vietnam -- on an open server, making it accessible for gamers to view regardless of native censorship legal guidelines.



"In these nations, the place web sites, blogs and free press normally are strictly limited, Minecraft remains to be accessible by everybody," the group mentioned in a press release.



"These articles are actually accessible again inside Minecraft, hidden from authorities surveillance technology inside a computer game. The books might be learn by everyone on the server, but their content can't be modified," it said.



In May final 12 months, Minecraft mentioned 176 million copies of the game have been offered since its launch a decade ago. gaming



The challenge, introduced on Thursday to mark the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, known as the "Uncensored Library" and takes the type of a large neoclassical-model constructing in the game.



RSF said the library was rising, with more texts being added both in English and their original language.



Already available in the game are articles by slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and from Egyptian online newspaper Mada Masr, which has been blocked within the North African country since 2017.

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