Press Freedom Group Stores Censored Articles in Minecraft Library

Minecraft is an extremely well-known video game, having more than 170 million copies sold across the world

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has created a library online that includes censored content from all over the world within the immensely popular video game Minecraft.

Minecraft with its distinctive pixelated graphics, enables players to build entire universes from Lego-like digital blocks, either as a solo player or in a group with friends online.
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RSF claimed that it published work of exiled, banned, or killed journalists from five countries -five countries - Egypt (Mexico), Saudi Arabia, Russia, Vietnam and Vietnam -- on an Open Server, which makes it accessible for players to view , despite local laws.

The group released the news that Minecraft is still accessible to everyone in these countries, with blogs, websites and free press generally, in a press release.

"These articles are now accessible again in Minecraft which is protected by government surveillance technology inside of the game's computer. The books are accessible by anyone on the server, but their content cannot be changed," it said.

In May of this year, Minecraft said 176 million copies of the game had been sold since the game's launch a decade ago.

The project was announced on Thursday in celebration of the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, is called the "Uncensored Library" and takes the form of a large neoclassical-style building in the game.

RSF said that its library was growing, with more and more texts being added both in English and their original language.

Articles by Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist from Saudi Arabia, and Mada Masr, an Egyptian online newspaper, are already available in the game. The two publications have been blocked in North Africa since 2017.