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p>It began as a game in a community forum and turned into the best-selling video game of all time, but now Minecraft is being used for something even its creator could never have imagined.

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p>The center of free speech has taken on the legendary game of putting Lego-like blocks together with more than 145 million players every month, and transformed into a legend. https://telegra.ph/Minecraft-Dungeons-Preview-09-15 </p>

p>To host the articles of journalists who were banned online, a virtual library was designed with care.

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p>Work by Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who was killed by Saudi agents in 2018, can be read among the myriad of 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 organization that seeks to protect the freedom of information across the globe The project was created by the non-profit organization. Blockworks, the design studio responsible for the Minecraft library, built it.

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p>Christian Mihr, the executive director of Reporters Without Borders Germany, said that Minecraft was a worthy project as he doesn't believe that it poses a threat to governments who control their media.

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p>"We have chosen Minecraft because of its reach," he said. It is available in every nation. It is not censored as other games that are suspected to be politically motivated.

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p>"There are large communities in every country featured, that's why it was suggested that it's a loophole for censorship."

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p>The authors were chosen to represent countries where press was censored, to ensure that people from those communities would be able to access their work.

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p>But he said that permissions were sought prior publishing the book in the library.

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p>"We have not uploaded any information into the library without the consent of the author in the event that they're still alive.

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p>"In the Jamal Khashoggi investigation, we spoke to family members - regarding the safety of deceased relatives, and the safety their families." https://austin-morton.federatedjournals.com/minecraft-map-explores-the-world-of-nobel-peace-prize-laureates </p>

p>Nick Feamster, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, at the University of Chicago, stated to the BBC that the library could beat the censors but was concerned about the response of the governments.

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p>"It's an interesting concept," he said, "But I believe there are still some issues. The government will be aware of this as the articles are spreading across the internet. It won't be foolproof against an aggressive enemy.

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p>He claimed that the strength of the library stemmed from the use of entanglement to mix the censored content with the video game in the eyes of the censors.

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p>"By entangling these two things you make them share content," he said. "You can't block this one without the other."

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p>Helmi Noman who is a Research Associate at the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet & Society He said that he believed the library would only have a small population.

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p>He stated that "censored content is constantly changing and diverse" and that people prefer approaches that don't preselect or compartmentalize content into particular areas online.

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p>"Any strategy that doesn't result in an effortless and secure experience for browsing the entire internet, social media and direct messaging apps will likely be unsuccessful."

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p>The server, which holds a maximum of 100 players at a time, was frequently inaccessible due to how many players were trying to log in at the same time. Despite this cap on simultaneous users, it has been visited by 3,889 players from 75 different countries. It has also been downloaded over 7,000 times.

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p>After two hours of trying, BBC finally visited the virtual library and asked its users what they thought of it.

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p>SoulfulGenie? stated that they believed "it requires more books as well as a new section on North Korea" and another user called it "ingenious in many ways", adding that, as the library may be downloaded and downloaded by other users, "it is easy to replicate and therefore hard to eradicate".

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p>Meanwhile, other players focused on the look of the library and ReduxPL saying it "looks incredible indeed".

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p>The design of the library developed by Blockworks was no small feat that took a team of 24 people from 16 countries for 250 hours to create.

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p>James Delaney, Managing Director of the design company told the BBC that the goal was to create a classical design which was "on the border of fantasy".

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

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p>"We went for a design that was in the neoclassical style. It's very like the British Museum or New York's public libraries.

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p>Outside of these influences, he stated that Minecraft was inherently improvisational, so the builders did not have to adhere to established plans.

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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 respond in real-time. So it is a very reactive way of working, and it can alter the appearance of the project.

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