Press Freedom Group Stores Censored Articles In Minecraft Library

Minecraft is a massively fashionable video recreation, with greater than 170 million copies sold around the world

A virtual library housing censored articles from all over the world has been created within the massively well-liked video sport Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters With out Borders (RSF).

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

RSF mentioned it had put work by banned, exiled or killed journalists in 5 countries -- Egypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Vietnam -- on an open server, making it out there for players to view despite native censorship legal guidelines. Twitsoc

"In these international locations, the place web sites, blogs and free press basically are strictly restricted, Minecraft is still accessible by everybody," the group mentioned in a press release.

"These articles at the moment are obtainable once more inside Minecraft, hidden from government surveillance expertise inside a computer recreation. The books can be learn by everyone on the server, however their content material cannot be modified," it stated.

In Might final year, Minecraft said 176 million copies of the sport have been offered since its launch a decade in the past.

The mission, announced on Thursday to mark the World Day In opposition to Cyber Censorship, is named the "Uncensored Library" and takes the type of a large neoclassical-type building in the game.

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

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