Press Freedom Group Stores Censored Articles In Minecraft Library

Minecraft is a vastly common video sport, with greater than 170 million copies sold all over the world

A digital library housing censored articles from world wide has been created throughout the vastly well-liked video sport Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, permits gamers to build total universes from Lego-like digital blocks, both alone or with others online.

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

"In these countries, where web sites, blogs and free press typically are strictly limited, Minecraft is still accessible by everyone," the group said in a press release. Modded minecraft servers

"These articles at the moment are out there once more within Minecraft, hidden from government surveillance expertise inside a pc sport. The books might be learn by everyone on the server, however their content material cannot be changed," it stated.

In May final 12 months, Minecraft stated 176 million copies of the sport have been sold since its launch a decade in the past.

The project, announced on Thursday to mark the World Day Towards Cyber Censorship, is known as the "Uncensored Library" and takes the form of a large neoclassical-style building in the sport.

RSF said the library was growing, with more texts being added each in English and their authentic language.

Already out there in the sport are articles by slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and from Egyptian on-line newspaper Mada Masr, which has been blocked in the North African country since 2017.