The Uncensored Library Extended | Online Opening Event | Reporters Without Borders
Channel: Reporter ohne Grenzen
Date: 2021-03-19

To mark the one-year anniversary of the “Uncensored Library”, Reporters Without Borders opened two new rooms in the digital library against censorship. The Corona crisis, manipulated elections, populist presidents - the pressure on journalists has continued to rise in 2020. In response to current developments, Reporters Without Borders has added articles to the Uncensored Library from countries where censorship is increasingly used as a means to deprive the population of its right to free information: Brasil and Belarus.

In an exclusive digital launch event on World Day Against Internet Censorship (March 12), we presented the rooms live for the first time in the computer game Minecraft. Journalists whose articles have been censored attended the event to talk about the restrictions they experience in their daily work.

Participants of the opening event (with links to jump directly to their parts in the video)
- Patricia Faermann, Jornal GGN: https://youtu.be/A1Vth4dOhDo?t=434
- Luis Nassif, Jornal GGN: https://youtu.be/A1Vth4dOhDo?t=902
- Paula Bianchi, The Intercept Brasil: https://youtu.be/A1Vth4dOhDo?t=1861
- Emmanuel Colombié, Director RSF Latin America Office: https://youtu.be/A1Vth4dOhDo?t=142
- James Delaney, Blockworks founder/architect of the Uncensored Library in Minecraft: https://youtu.be/A1Vth4dOhDo?t=4591
- Tobias Natterer, Senior Copywriter DDB Germany/ Innovator of the campaign: https://youtu.be/A1Vth4dOhDo?t=4182

- Moderation: Kristin Bässe, RSF Germany Public Relations Officer, and Nube Alvarez, RSF Germany Project Coordinator, focus on Latin America

Q&A: https://youtu.be/A1Vth4dOhDo?t=3179

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The Uncensored Library: The first digital library against internet censorship within a computer game

In many countries, websites, social media and blogs are controlled by oppressive leaders. People have no access to free information.  But even where media is blocked and controlled, Minecraft, the world's most successful computer game, is still accessible. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) uses this loophole to bypass internet censorship in the affected countries. Censored articles are republished as books in a digital library within the Minecraft computer game.

www.uncensoredlibrary.com