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Foreign Affairs
| 1 year ago
San Diego-based organization Invisible Children, millions of people are suddenly interested in humanitarian crises in Central Africa. This is great news, but the challenge now is to translate that concern into constructive activism. Joseph Kony has...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
12 March 2012 The filmmakers behind the Kony 2012 movie, which attracted 74 million viewers in one week, have been forced to release a new video sometime today defending their organization, Invisible Children, as mounting criticism diverts attention...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
Topics Jason Russell, co-founder of non-profit Invisible Children and director of ''Kony 2012'' viral video campaign, poses in New York, March 9, 2012. Responding to an Internet campaign backed by celebrities who want Uganda to capture fugitive...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Last Monday, Invisible Children uploaded the full documentary to YouTube. One week later, it had achieved over 100 millions views, becoming the fastest growing video campaign, and most viral video, in online history. 'Kony 2012' Explodes...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
A game of cat-and-mouse between Washington and Beijing intensified yesterday after Congress gave the go-ahead on a bill that increases tariffs on Chinese goods. Those overseas have already fired back, however, and the consequences could be chaotic...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (L.R.A.), which started operations in northern Uganda more than two decades ago, kidnapping children by the thousands, turning some into sex slaves and brutalizing the civilian population. He's top of...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Kony famous so that he can be brought to justice for the abduction and abuse of thousands of children by his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) over the past two decades. The effort seems to have worked the video now has nearly 74 million views on YouTube,...
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The Dish Rag
| 1 year ago
he's got a burgeoning music career, a hot girlfriend ( Selena Gomez ) and now his very first Internet death hoax! On Sunday (March 11), "RIP Justin Bieber" popped into Twitter trends. But, reports E! online, there wasn't even a bogus news story about...
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Mail and Guardian
| 1 year ago
Last week the internet was swept up in a furore over a Ugandan warlord who has been skulking around East Africa for 20 years. The cause of the sudden interest in this violent self-proclaimed prophet famous for brutalising young children?...The half-...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Joseph Kony is head of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) the military group formed by Kony himself in 1987. LRA is operational in several African countries like Uganda , Sudan , Central African Republic and Congo...But he is held responsible for...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
An Internet-based video campaign to bring Kony to justice has attracted millions of viewers. The hashtag "#stopkony" about the fugitive head of the rebel group, has surged on Twitter and the 30-minute video has been viewed by over 40 million people...
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10 News
| 1 year ago
The "Cardiff Kook" statue was dressed as Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony over the weekend in light of the "Kony 2012" campaign. The statue was dressed in camouflage pants and wore a mask depicting Kony's face. Around the statue were red balloons and...
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The Sun UK
| 1 year ago
Joseph Kony is said to no longer be in Uganda Published: Today at 00:31 THE Invisible Children web campaign attacking warlord Joseph Kony was accused yesterday of misleading its followers. Related Stories The online blitz showing a video about the...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| 1 year ago
3/10/2012 by Aaron Couch share Getty Images Actress said the Ugandan warlord was an extraordinarily horrible human being." The filmmakers behind Kony 2012 were apparently preaching to the choir when they targeted Angelina Jolie as one of 20...
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
Twitter and Facebook have both been buzzing recently over the wildly popular video, Kony 2012. With nearly 70,000,000 views on YouTube, the video has gripped the online community and spurred a mass re-tweeting, re-posting movement. Kuwait's blogs and...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Ugandan blogger Rosebell Kagumire has become a celebrity in her own right, fielding multiple media interviews, and receiving thousands of emails since posting her own video. Like others, she complains about how the widely watched video has an...
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ITN
| 1 year ago
The 30 minute video, which has swept across the internet, has sparked worldwide attention including a wave of support across Twitter and Facebook. Speaking at a Womens' Day event on Thursday in New York, Jolie said, "I don't know anyone who doesn't...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Photos Unfortunately, the U.S. organization behind the anti-Kony viral video and click-based fundraising campaign , Invisible Children, wasn't actually asking for money to have a hit man take out Mr. Kony, head of the Lord's Resistance Army...The...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Video A week ago, few Americans knew who Joseph Kony or the Lord's Resistance Army was. But now a video has gone viral raising awareness about Kony and his group's atrocities against humans...As of Friday afternoon, almost 71 million people had...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 1 year ago
Monday, the video had been viewed more than 80 million times by Friday afternoon, according to online measurement firm Visible Measures Corp. The video's creators say they can't fully explain the explosive popularity, given that they promoted it in...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
While nobody can say for certain what made the video and campaign catch on, there are five ingredients in Kony2012 that others have deployed to help content go viral. Tell them a secret Kony2012 has an almost conspiratorial cant, suggesting (despite...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles The 30-minute YouTube film called "Kony 2012," which by Friday had been viewed on YouTube more than 58 million times, aims to wake up the world to atrocities committed by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, including kidnapping children and...
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Popeater
| 1 year ago
Monday night, I checked my Twitter feed before bed, per usual, and like anyone & everyone else on Twitter that night... I saw Joseph Kony, Stop Kony, Kony 2012, LRA, Uganda, Gulu, and child soldiers hash tagged, all trending worldwide on Twitter and...
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The Naples Daily News
| 1 year ago
In less than five days, more than 56 million people worldwide watched the YouTube video about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and one organization's crusade for his capture...Just ask any high school student. "I watched it on YouTube and then an...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Rush Limbaugh criticized Obama last October for sending US troops to kill Joseph Kony's 'Christian' fighters. When apprised by listeners of the LRA's record, he expressed surprise.
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
The viral documentary aimed at bringing infamous Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony to justice has sparked a debate about the charity group behind it and how it spends the money it raises. San Diego-based Invisible Children's half-hour video, "Kony 2012,"...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
March 9, 2012 If you're a teenager, you probably hadn't heard of Joseph Kony last week. This week, you probably couldn't avoid him. "If I log onto Facebook or Twitter any time during the day, it's my entire news feed, basically," says Patrick Franks,...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
ments Invisible Children video stirs US response: We're hunting down Joseph Kony Last October, President Obama ordered the dispatching of 100 special forces advisers to assist in stopping African warlord Joseph Kony. The Invisible Children video puts...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Since Monday, more than 56 million people (and counting) have viewed the 30-minute video unleashed by Jason Russell and Invisible Children, Inc. Celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian and Diddy have also posted messages and links to the...
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Pitt Watch
| 1 year ago
Celebrities using their enormous influence to make a difference in the world...Celebrities jumping on the Kony 2012 bandwagon faster than 100 middle school students can share the video on your Facebook wall. Throughout the past few days, we've all...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles For those that are still confused by the movement and are looking for a handful of cold, hard facts, we've gathered the top five things anyone interested in learning more about Joseph Kony. Here is the most pertinent information about "Kony...
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NY Daily News
| 1 year ago
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the commander in chief backs those behind the viral Internet campaign, designed to bring Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony to justice. "We congratulate the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have mobilized to...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size The Stop Kony 2012 charity has sold out of bracelets, shirts and other gifts after a frenzy of donations to invisible children resulting from its video about the evils of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony went viral on Wednesday. Share This Story...
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The Dish Rag
| 1 year ago
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Kony 2012 , a video about the atrocities committed by Ugandan LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony, has taken the internet by storm this week, garnering over 64 million views and...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
A film calling for the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has become an Internet sensation, media watchers said. The documentary "Kony 2012" has been viewed more than 40 million times on the Internet since Monday. The activist group Invisible...
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War In Context
| 1 year ago
Here's how far behind the crest of the social media wave I ride: it wasn't until last night that I heard about Kony2012. Google News had by that point insisted that this was the most important news in the world and so I tracked down the video. Mind...
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Tulsa World
| 1 year ago
Sen. Jim Inhofe, who met a young filmmaker in Uganda in 2005 while investigating the brutality of militant leader Joseph Kony said Thursday that he hopes a new video by that same director leads to Kony's capture or killing. Inhofe, R-Tulsa, is...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
The LRA is infamous for committing extreme atrocities against civilians, including murder, mutilation and rape...As local journalist Maureen Agena tweeted: "I doubt that the people in North, East and Westnile Uganda where #kony dominated have an idea...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 1 year ago
This July 31, 2006 file photo shows Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, during a meeting with a delegation of 160 officials and lawmakers from northern Uganda and representatives of non-governmental organizations in Congo near the...
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Vancouver Sun
| 1 year ago
More than 20,000 Facebook users in Metro Vancouver have pledged to take to the streets the night of April 20 to cover the city with posters aimed at drawing attention to the atrocities carried out by Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, subject of a...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
Google may be under fire for its sharing of personal data but sharing data is what the internet is a... Suggested Topics How do you go about solving Uganda's problems?...The plan is the brainchild of Jason Radical Russell, the cofounder of an...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Michael Wilkerson A still from the Kony 2012 film, which urges spreading the word, signing a pledge and buying an action kit of bracelets and posters...Kony 2012, a video by advocacy group Invisible Children about the mass-murdering and child-...
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The Orange County Register
| 1 year ago
A YouTube video by the San Diego-based group Invisible Children Inc. has been viewed nearly 39 million times since Tuesday. Will young people mobilize to help catch him and make the world a better place? Click on the collage to learn more about Kony...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 1 year ago
Uganda (AP) The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: "You stop the bad guys from being mean."...Though a galaxy away from this preschooler's American upbringing, the truth is far more sinister. The bad guys are Joseph Kony...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
The viral film now has 48 million views on YouTube and Vimeo 35 million of which were in the past day alone. Auma Consolata, a former abductee of the Lord's Resistance Army when she was 17, bears the scars of her encounter with the rebels, who cut...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
March 8, 2012 Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorizing civilians in central Africa for more than 25 years. But their crimes have suddenly received prominence due to one of the most successful social media campaigns in history.
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People.com
| 1 year ago
With the help of Facebook and Twitter, Jason Russell's documentary has even captured the attention of celebrities including Ryan Gosling , Rihanna , Oprah and Justin Bieber . The slickly produced 30-minute video follows Russell's efforts since 2006...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size International online geek-hacktivist collective Anonymous threw their support behind controversial activist non-profit organization Invisible Children and their current project Kony 2012 , which is quickly spreading online in the form of a...
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Starpulse
| 1 year ago
Comment Justin Bieber , Taylor Swift , Angelina Jolie , Bono and Rihanna are just a handful of the big names that are helping raise awareness of a new campaign by Invisible Children . Joseph Kony , leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which is...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
As leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Kony has abducted and forced around 66,000 children to fight in his army over the past two decades. But a photo of three members of the charity holding guns, widely shared on Thursday, was cited by...
