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Virtual Library Opens Inside Minecraft To Share Banned News Stories

Reporters Without Borders has found an innovative new platform for broadcasting banned media in some of most oppressive nations in the world: Minecraft.



The advocacy group has opened an online space on a dedicated server for the game of video that is popularly known as "The Uncensored Library," accessible to any of Minecraft's 145 million monthly users.



The library will feature news stories that were censored in the country they originated from and influenced by the neoclassical architecture of the ancient Rome and Greece.



The Uncensored Library is a new virtual library within Minecraft which was developed in part by Reporters Without Borders to host the work of journalists banned or restricted in their countries of origin.



In the beginning, the library will be filled with stories from five countries which rank near the bottom of Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index that include Egypt, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam.



The stories will be published in English and in the language they were originally written in.



The text of the stories can't be altered or edited However, anyone with access to the Minecraft server hosting the library will be able to read the stories.



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The project is supported by several prominent international journalists who have had their work or the work of someone they loved removed from publication. Audioshop.co This includes Nguyen van Dai, a Vietnamese blogger, Yulia Berezovskaia, and Hatice Cengiz, who was the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi, the murdered journalist.



In many countries around the world, there is no free access to information,' Reporters Without Borders' Christian Mihr said in a statement on the organization's website.



'Websites are blocked, independent newspapers are banned, and the media is controlled by the state. Children are not being able to formulate their own opinions.'



'By using Minecraft the most played computer game as medium, we allow players access to information from independent sources.'



The library will include the work of five journalists who were banned in five countries: Egypt, Vietnam, Russia and Saudi Arabia.



16 people built the library using 125,000,000 blocks. They were inspired by the neoclassical architectures of ancient Rome and Greece.



The library is supported by several prominent international journalists including Nguyen Van Dan a Vietnamese blogger, Yulia Berezovskaia, a Russian journalist, and Hatice Ceengiz, a fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi, the murdered journalist.



Reporters Without Borders partnered with creative agency DDB German, design studio BlockWorks and the production company Media Monks to complete The Uncensored Library



The stories will be available in English in addition to the original language they were originally published in. Users are not able to alter or alter the text in any way.



The virtual opening of the library coincided with World Day Against Cyber Censorship. This annual celebration was initiated in 2008 by Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International.



The Library was constructed by 24 "builders" from 16 countries using 125,000,000 blocks. It features a large central Rotunda measuring 984 feet in length.



Reporters Without Borders, DDB German, BlockWorks design studio and Media Monks collaborated on the project.


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