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Press freedom group stores censored articles in Minecraft library

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Press freedom group stores censored articles in Minecraft library
Image: Courtesy of Mojang Specifications via AFP Relaxnews. Agence France-Presse (AFP).

A virtual library housing censored articles from around the world has been created within the hugely popular video game Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, enables players to build entire 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 five countries — Egypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Vietnam — on an open server, making it available for players to view despite local censorship laws. […]

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