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Virtual Library Opens Inside Minecraft To Share Banned News Stories Reporters Without Borders has found a radical new platform for broadcasting banned journalism from some of the most oppressive nations in the world: Minecraft. Minecraft Servers List The advocacy group has created a new virtual space on a dedicated server to the game that is a hit on video called 'The Uncensored Library,' accessible to all of Minecraft's 145 million monthly players. Inspired by the neoclassical architecture of the ancient Rome and Greece The library will be filled with books that contain the news stories' text that have been restricted in the countries of the source. The Uncensored Library is a new virtual library that is part of Minecraft which was developed in part by Reporters Without Borders to host the work of journalists who are banned or restricted in their countries of origin. The library will include stories from five countries which are near the bottom of Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index. These include Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. The stories will be published in English and in whatever language they were originally written in. The stories' text can't be altered or edited However, anyone with access to the Minecraft server hosting the library can read the stories. EE focuses 5G rollout in areas with lots of people. Scientists claim coronavirus is a meteorite virus that was brought to SPACE by meteor... Lloyds and Halifax banking apps are down, leaving customers... Uber may shut down accounts for customers and drivers who have tested positive for... 34k shares The project is backed by several prominent international journalists who've had their work or the work of someone they love been censored, such as Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van dai, Russian journalist Yulia Berezovskaia and Hatice Cengiz, fiancee to the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Christian Mihr, Reporters Without Borders said that "In many countries around the world, there is not free access to information," in a statement posted on the website of the group. "Websites are blocked, independent newspapers banned, and the state controls the press." Children are not being able to formulate their own opinions.' "By using Minecraft the world's most played computer game as an instrument, we grant players access to information from independent sources.' In the beginning, the library will include the work of journalists banned in five countries, including, Egypt, Vietnam, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico 16 people designed the library using 125,000,000 blocks. They were inspired by the neoclassical architecture of the ancient Rome and Greece. The library is backed by a number of prominent journalists from around the world, including Nguyen van Dan, a Vietnamese blogger, Yulia Berezovskaia, a Russian journalist, and Hatice Ceengiz who is the fiancée 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 accessible in both English and the language they were originally published in, and the readers will be unable to modify or edit the text in any way The library's virtual opening was timed to coincide with World Day Against Cyber Censorship the annual celebration which was first observed in 2008 as a collaboration between Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders. The Library was assembled by 24 builders from 16 countries, who used the equivalent of 125 million blocks. It has a central rotunda that measures 984 feet in length. Reporters Without Borders, DDB German, BlockWorks design studio, and Media Monks collaborated on the project.
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