The Insanity of KONY 2012

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Dipo Faloyin’s Article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...

TIMESTAMPS
Intro 00:00
Let's Make a Documentary 01:38
The History 06:26
Invisible Children 08:42
The Video 14:47
The Criticisms 20:16
Jason Russell 27:06
After Kony 2012 31:54
Conclusion 37:02

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Today we are talking about Kony 2012 and the internet firestorm that followed. The 2012 video released by non-profit Invisible Children introduced a new era of online activism and started a much needed conversation about nuance, misinformation, and accountability. And yet KONY 2012 is largely remembered as a much sillier moment in internet history. Today we’re going through how we got to KONY 2012, the reactions, and how we view this wild time today.