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p>It began as a game in a community forum and grew into the most-loved video game of all time, but now Minecraft is being used for something its creator could not ever have imagined. https://canvas.instructure.com/eportfolios/1445488/Home/List_of_Minecraft_Dungeons_with_Unique_Weapons_and_Armor </p>

p>The cult game that revolves on the concept of putting Lego-like blocks together with more than 145 million people playing each month has been turned into a hub of free speech.

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p>To host journalistic articles that were censored online A virtual library was designed with care.

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p>You can find the work of Jamal Khashoggi (the journalist who was killed by Saudi agents in 2018) as well as a host of other books in the library.

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p>Minecraft has declined to comment.

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p>Reporters Without Borders, a non-profit organisation that aims to ensure the privacy of information throughout the world has created the project. Blockworks, the design studio responsible for the Minecraft library, created it.

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p>Christian Mihr, executive director of Reporters Without Borders Germany, told the BBC that Minecraft was a great choice for the project as he believes it's not considered a threat by the governments that censor their media.

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p>He claimed that Minecraft was chosen because of its accessibility. "It is accessible in every nation. The game is not censored like some other games which are under suspicion of being political.

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p>"There are large communities in each of the countries featured and that's the reason the idea came up as an avenue for the censorship."

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p>The authors were selected to represent the countries where press freedom was restricted, so that people from these communities could access their work.

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p>He also clarified that permissions needed to be sought prior to republishing in a library.

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p>"We did not put any content into the library without the permission of the author If they're still alive.

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p>"In the case of Jamal Khashoggi we have spoken to family members - in respect for those who have been killed, and the safety of their families."

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p>Nick Feamster, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, told the BBC that the library could be effective at beating the censors, but he was worried about how governments may respond.

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p>He said it was an interesting idea, but that there were some issues. Governments will know about this as the articles are spreading all over the internet. It's not impervious to an adversary who is determined.

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p>He said that the strength of the library comes through its use of entanglement - mixing the censored content with the video game in the eyes censors.

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p>He said, "By entangling the two things , you force them both to share content." "You can't censor one without the other."

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p>Meanwhile Helmi Noman who is a Research Associate of the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet & Society, said the library would be likely to have an audience that is limited.

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p>"The censored content is dynamic, diverse and distributed," he said, adding that in his research "the users prefer approaches that don't pre-select and separate content on certain websites.

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p>"Any strategy that doesn't offer an unhindered, safe browsing experience across the entire web, social media, and direct messaging applications will most likely fail."

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p>Due to the sheer number of players trying to login simultaneously the server could not be accessed regularly. Despite the limitation on simultaneous users, it has been visited by 3,889 users from 75 different countries. It has also been downloaded over 7,000 times.

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p>After two hours of trying, the BBC was able to access the library's virtual location and ask its patrons what they thought of it.

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p>SoulfulGenie stated that they believed it needed more books and one on North Korea. Another user described it as "ingenious" and stated that the library could be downloaded and then reuploaded by other users. "It is simple to duplicate and, therefore, difficult to kill."

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p>While other players were focused on the look of the library The library's appearance was the focus, with ReduxPL declaring that it "looks incredible indeed".

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p>The design of the library developed by Blockworks was no small feat, taking 24 people from 16 different countries for 250 hours to create.

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p>James Delaney, the company's managing director, told the BBC that the company's goal was to create a classic design that was "on the edge of fantasy". https://penzu.com/p/fc387e04 </p>

p>"It is plausible as a real building," he said, "but is pushing the limits of what is possible.

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p>"We went for a design that is in the neoclassical style. It's akin to the British Museum and public libraries in New York."

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p>In spite of these influences, he claimed Minecraft was inherently improvisational and the creators did not have to adhere to established patterns.

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p>He said that when there are a lot of people working on the same project individuals can observe the work of others and react in real-time. It is a reactive way of working, which can alter the appearance of the project.

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