The youtube video 'Kony 2012', made by a group called "Invisible Children" went viral in the last couple of weeks. The video is aiming to make Joseph Kony - indicted war criminal by the ICC and still on the lose - to be so famous that his capture becomes possible. In its first week the video hit 20 million views. Now it is approaching 60 million views.
Although it has raised a lot of awareness regarding Joseph Kony, it has also drawn many critics. Some people say that the video over-simplifies the conflict in Uganda, painting it in a black-and-white frame. It portrays Joseph Kony as the ultimate bad guy that needs to be captured . There are some other things too.
I think there are some truths in what the critics are saying. However, I will just let you read their articles by yourself. Here are the links:
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/post/18890947431/we-got-trouble
and
http://thisisafrica.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/acholi-street-stop-kony2012-invisible-childrens-campaign-of-infamy/
Of course it won't be fair unless I put invisible children's answer to the critics. Here is the link:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html
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