Over two years ago , Jason Russell,
director and co-founder of Invisible Children
posted a video on YouTube titled ‘Kony 2012’. The video detailed acts against humanity by the Lord's
Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda and the Republic of Congo, and called for the
world to make its leader Joseph Kony famous.
Within
six days the video received over 100million views, calling for the mobilisation
of young people from around the globe to make Kony famous and bring Kony to
Justice by the end of 2013.
Days
after the video, Russell was arrested naked in San Diego, vandalising cars and
making sexual gestures. He said in a statement to the guardian;
"It's
so obvious that I'm not OK. And I'm so naked. And it's just very, very public.
The joke we always had, even before this happened, is that the Internet is
forever. If you put your crotch on there, it's forever. And now this is out
there forever and my kids are going to have to deal with it at high school."
Although Kony is still out there, the
campaign did what it was supposed to do. Bring about awareness. According to
Invisible Children since the video, World leaders have increased their aid, to
find and capture Kony. According to the Washington post, Obama has recently
sent US military aircraft to Uganda for the first time, in an effort to hunt
down the warlord.
So, as in organisation, what are your
thoughts on Invisible Children? Are they just enjoying there 15minutes of fame
on social media, or can the power of social media really influence government decisions?
The video can be found by the
following link;
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