The Uncensored Library

 is a Minecraft server and map created by BlockWorks, DDB Berlin, and MediaMonks, and published by Reporters without Borders. This map was intentionally created as an intelligent and creative attempt to circumvent censorship in countries without freedom of the press.

The library was released on March 12, 2020, the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, and it this server is often criticized by governments. Currently, the two ways to access the library are to download a map from the official website, or to connect to their Minecraft server.

Countries
The library contains banned reporting from Mexico, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. An entire wing is given to each country, each containing several banned articles.

Design
The library is a large scale project built using a neoclassical architectural style. It is intended to resemble well-established institutions such as the New York Public Library, as well as stylistically allude to the authoritarian structures the project aims to subvert. The library uses over 12.5 million Minecraft blocks (both interior and exterior).

Format
Each of the five countries covered by the library, as well as Reporters without Borders, has an individual wing, containing a number of articles, available in English and the original language the article was written in. The texts within the library are contained in in-game book items, which can be opened and placed on stands to be read by multiple players at once.

These articles generally discuss censorship, unjust punishment, and other critiques of the writer's government. The interior architecture of each country's room symbolizes each country's unique situation and journalistic challenges. Additionally, the library contains a central room listing the Press Freedom Index and current state of freedom of the press of every country covered by the index, and the Mexican section contains memorials for reporters who were killed due to their writings. In total, the library contains over 200 different books.

COVID-19 room
An additional room was added into the library to cover issues of press freedom surrounding the topic of COVID-19. It contains books on 10 countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Thailand and Turkmenistan) to show how reporting of the virus in each country has been affected.