Press Freedom Group Stores Censored Articles In Minecraft Library

Minecraft is a hugely in style video game, with more than 170 million copies sold all over the world

A virtual library housing censored articles from around the globe has been created throughout the hugely common video sport Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters With out Borders (RSF).

Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, allows gamers to build entire universes from Lego-like digital blocks, either alone or with others on-line.

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 accessible for players to view despite native censorship legal guidelines.

"In these countries, the place websites, blogs and free press generally are strictly restricted, Minecraft is still accessible by everybody," the group mentioned in a press release.

"These articles are actually available again inside Minecraft, hidden from authorities surveillance expertise inside a pc recreation. The books could be learn by everyone on the server, but their content can't be changed," it mentioned.

In Could last yr, Minecraft mentioned 176 million copies of the sport have been sold since its launch a decade in the past. minecraft servers

The project, introduced on Thursday to mark the World Day In opposition to Cyber Censorship, is called the "Uncensored Library" and takes the type of a large neoclassical-style constructing in the game.

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

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