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A secret CS:GO bunker is sharing newspaper reports on the war in Ukraine to dodge Russian censorshipIn honour of World Press Freedom Day
In honour of World Press Freedom Day
ACounter-Strike: Global Offensivemap is being used to sneak information about the ongoinginvasion of Ukraineto Russian gamers. Players candownload the de_voyna map, which recreates an abandoned Eastern European city that’s not too dissimilar to the war-torn streets you might find in other multiplayer maps. The difference here is a secret underground room that contains information about the invasion: headlines, maps, newspaper clippings, and images of the war.
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Mukka continued: “As the Russian government has de facto suppressed its national press and blocked access to foreign media, Counter-Strike has remained as one of the rare channels that allow us to communicate independent information to Russians about real events from the war.”
CS:GO’s de_voyna map is an interesting intersection between art and political protest, but thankfully, it’s not the only initiative of its kind. A few years ago,Minecraft’s Uncensored Libraryrepublished banned writing and based each wing of the library on countries accused of censoring journalism: Russia, Vietnam, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
