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Reporters Without Borders uses Minecraft to sneak censored works across borders Jamal Khashoggi

Reporters Without Borders uses Minecraft to sneak censored works across borders

Censorship takes many forms, but even the most restrictive countries can't block every single path for information they'd rather not get in (or out). Reporters Without Borders has identified a surprising new platform for hosting banned content: Minecraft.The organization, collaborating with reporters, Minecraft pros and, of course, a creative agency,…
bubmag
March 12, 2020
Surfing Lake Superior Exoskeleton

Surfing Lake Superior

After falling down a sewage drain, band teacher and aspiring jazz musician Joe Gardner ends up in the You Seminar — a place where souls are trained to return to newborn babies. While there, he meets up with 22, a fellow soul-in-training who doesn't exactly get the importance of life…
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March 12, 2020
1929 had Black Thursday. 1987 had Black Monday. 2020 had both… in the same week [Followup] Black Thursday

1929 had Black Thursday. 1987 had Black Monday. 2020 had both… in the same week [Followup]

Main Discussion Sports Business Geek Entertainment Podcast D'awww Food Politics •       •       •517 clicks; posted to Business » on 12 Mar 2020 at 5:20 PM (2 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:    more» Share this link: URL: https://fark.com/go/10741759 Bookmark: Article Comments close #4 is today#12 is Monday Christ on a crutch, it's now down…
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March 12, 2020
Leak Exposes U.S. Navy Sailor as Once-Prolific Recruiter for Neo-Nazi Group Nukes

Leak Exposes U.S. Navy Sailor as Once-Prolific Recruiter for Neo-Nazi Group

Illustration: Jim Cooke (Gizmodo)Hate forums and social media platforms have likely made it easier for atomized white supremacists and neo-Nazis to find like-minded individuals, laying the base for a resurgence in far-right organizing and violence. But that’s come with a price: a lengthy online trail that makes it difficult to…
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March 12, 2020
SANUSI: Ganduje’s conduct, synonymous with authoritarianism of the crudest temper— Soyinka Feudalism

SANUSI: Ganduje’s conduct, synonymous with authoritarianism of the crudest temper— Soyinka

Professor Wole SoyinkaProfessor Wole Soyinka, playwright and Nobel laureate has said Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State does not have friends who could have advised him against the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II. On Monday, the government of Kano dethroned Sanusi as Emir of Kano and sent him into exile…
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March 12, 2020
This Minecraft Library Provides a Platform for Censored Journalists Vietnam

This Minecraft Library Provides a Platform for Censored Journalists

The Uncensored Library in MinecraftImage: Reporters Without BordersToday is World Day Against Cyber Censorship. Launched by Reporters Without Borders in 2008, its goal is to raise awareness of how various governments around the world are censoring free speech online, whether it’s by blocking keywords on social media, removing individual articles…
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March 12, 2020