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Minecraft is a massively popular video game, with greater than 170 million copies offered world wideA digital library housing censored articles from around the world has been created throughout the hugely well-liked video game Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, allows gamers to build entire universes from Lego-like digital blocks, both alone or with others online.RSF stated 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 gamers to view regardless of native censorship laws."In these international locations, the place web sites, blogs and free press generally are strictly limited, Minecraft continues to be accessible by everyone," the group mentioned in a press launch."These articles are actually available again inside Minecraft, hidden from authorities surveillance expertise inside a computer sport. The books could be learn by everybody on the server, but their content cannot be modified," it stated. Minecraft In May final yr, Minecraft stated 176 million copies of the sport have been bought since its launch a decade in the past.The undertaking, announced on Thursday to mark the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, is named the "Uncensored Library" and takes the form of a large neoclassical-fashion building in the sport. Acesa's Blog RSF stated the library was rising, with extra texts being added each in English and their unique language.Already obtainable 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.
