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The Entertainment Software Association bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers "illegal" in Stop Killing Games hearing: "We consider it piracy", we have lawsuits. (www.pcgamer.com)

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People don't even want you to play a video game in private now.

"Gibbons cut in: "They're illegal. They are not in any way affiliated with Microsoft. Microsoft, for Minecraft, has gotten a lot of criticism because of those community servers not employing the same safety standards that Microsoft does on their Minecraft servers."

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[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The official Minecraft website has an article about a public, private server run by reporters without borders.

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/uncensored-library

https://www.uncensoredlibrary.com/en

For obvious reasons many copies of this server And predecessors that existed/may operate within oppressive areas do not advertise their existence online.

Wiki entry of minecraft china edition.

https://minecraft.wiki/w/China_Edition

Tap for spoiler

Free to download
- Valid Chinese citizen ID required to play
Friends system, with live text chat support
- Text content in-game may be moderated, such as chat, Book and Quills, Written Books, Signs, Command Blocks, renamed items (via Anvils) and mobs (via renamed Spawn Eggs or Name Tags)
- Moderation is also applied to in-launcher content, such as community posts, comments on contents, and private messages. Rental servers and virtual LAN games are not allowed to have names altogether, instead being referred to by a numerical ID

The argument about minecraft chat being inherently insecure is a straw-man at best. A private server, whitelisted for my own household that runs on hardware that i own is just as secure as any other speech that happens in my living room.

There is no reason for microsoft to have the ability to steal logs to moderate it. And this is why almost every respectable server i know uses plugins to block that shit.

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