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News - Free press advocates unveil new library of censored works — in Minecraft

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Free press advocates unveil new library of censored works — in Minecraft

<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/free-press-advocates-unveil-new-library-of-censored-works-in-minecraft.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>This week the Reporters Without Borders NGO and its collaborators unveiled <a href="https://uncensoredlibrary.com/en">The Uncensored Library</a>, a virtual library built in <em>Minecraft</em> that’s stocked with censored works and information on press freedom.</p>
<p>It’s a notable use of the venerable block-based building game, one intended to circumvent regional censorship and press suppression by keeping a read-only collection of relevant work accessible on an open <em>Minecraft</em> server.</p>
<p>“[In countries]&nbsp;where websites, blogs and free press in general are strictly limited, <em>Minecraft </em>is still accessible by everyone,” reads&nbsp;a press release announcing The Uncensored Library’s debut this week.&nbsp;“Reporters Without Borders (RSF) used this backdoor to build ‘The Uncensored Library’: A library that is now accessible on an open server for <em>Minecraft </em>players around the globe. The library is filled with books, containing articles that were censored in their country of origin. These articles are now available again within <em>Minecraft </em>– hidden from government surveillance technology inside a computer game.”</p>
<p>Relevant reports on press freedom, as well as censored works from journalists who have been suppressed, jailed, exiled, or killed&nbsp;in five different countries are&nbsp;currently available to read (in English and their original language) in The Uncensored Library, with more to come in the future.</p>
<p>The Library itself was built by 24 people at&nbsp;<em>Minecraft&nbsp;</em>design studio <a href="https://www.blockworks.uk/the-uncensored-library">Blockworks</a>, working in concert with Reporters Without Borders as well as digital production and advertising agencies to unveil it the same week as yesterday’s World Day Against Cyber Censorship.</p>
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