Press Freedom Group Shops Censored Articles In Minecraft Library

Minecraft is a hugely in style video recreation, with greater than 170 million copies sold around the world

A digital library housing censored articles from world wide has been created within the massively fashionable video game Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, permits gamers to construct complete universes from Lego-like digital blocks, either alone or with others online.

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

"In these international locations, where web sites, blogs and free press normally are strictly limited, Minecraft is still accessible by everyone," the group said in a press release.

"These articles at the moment are accessible again inside Minecraft, hidden from authorities surveillance know-how inside a computer recreation. Minecraft servers will be read by everybody on the server, however their content material cannot be changed," it stated.

In Could final yr, Minecraft said 176 million copies of the game have been sold since its launch a decade ago.

The project, introduced on Thursday to mark the World Day Towards Cyber Censorship, is named the "Uncensored Library" and takes the type of a big neoclassical-model constructing in the game.

RSF mentioned the library was growing, with extra texts being added both in English and their unique language.

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