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A secret room in Counter-Strike distributes independent journalism about the war in Ukraine to millions of Russian gamers on World Press Freedom Day

After its full-scale invasion in Ukraine over a year ago, the Russian government has systematically blocked its citizens from accessing independent sources of information. One media left unchecked is online gaming. That’s why Finland’s biggest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat decided to build a map of a war-torn Slavic city in Counter-Strike, a popular online shooter game with a large following in Russia. Within the map, a secret room was constructed where Russian players could find informat…

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