The KONY 2012 campaign, intended to make the African warlord Joseph Kony known worldwide, has been faced with some particularly strong criticisms. On CNN last night, one of Kony’s victims came out ...
The success of the Kony 2012 campaign against Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony of Uganda is forcing to the surface some uneasy questions about race, political organizing and the Internet, ...
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The Meaning of Kony 2012

The Kony 2012 campaign pioneered a new form of online activism — one that served empire more than the people it claimed to help. Before the rise of streamers, influencers, and content creators, before ...
I spoke to Jason Russell for the second time last week as one of my final interviews in over two months of reporting for a TIME piece on Joseph Kony, his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the ...
Supporters of the Kony 2012 campaign took part in an event called “Cover the Night” this weekend, but it appears some of the participants took things too far. Participants in the event had been ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence Tuesday to support their charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph ... 2005. Kony was ...
This is a decisive moment in the life and times of Kony 2012. Will the country’s youth turn out en masse to the campaign’s “Cover the Night” event on Friday April 20th? My hunch is that they won’t.
The second film from Invisible Children, Kony 2012 Part II, releases on Thursday, April 5. COURTESY/INVISIBLE CHILDREN Boston University’s Invisible Children awaits the upcoming sequel to “Kony 2012,” ...
Once the most viral video of all time, the film reads as both a digital relic and a precursor to an era in which footage of conflict dominates the internet. By Emma Madden A small group of Ugandan and ...
Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony hasn’t been brought to justice, despite the viral video that made the Internet rounds last week. However, one of the men responsible for ...
Norbert Mao is a lawyer and politician in Uganda. In 2006 and 2007 he made several trips to South Sudan and the LRA base in Congo campaigning for peace. On January 12, 2003, I received my first phone ...
The video-streaming platform has revolutionized how we watch things. Here’s a timeline of its biggest moments. By Amanda Holpuch Once the most viral video of all time, the film reads as both a digital ...