What was Kony 2012, and why was it so popular, and a joke now?

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Valdentia 17 Aug @ 11:48am

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76561199651400494 28 Sep @ 8:45pm

kony 2012 is dead

Delta Fuxtrot 28 Sep @ 8:48pm

It started as a viral campaign to arrest guerilla leader Joseph Kony. The Uganda government accused him of abducting children and making them soldiers or sex slaves. Kony is still at large but is no longer seen as a credible threat so the hunt for his guerilla force is no longer active.

However, the non-profit that ran the viral campaign Kony 2012, Invisible Children, Inc., was accused of using the money donated to line their own pockets. They were also accused of misrepresenting or at least oversimplifying the facts.

In March 16th, 2012 one of Invisible Children’s co-founders Jason Russell was taken into custody by the San Diego Police Department for being drunk, vandalizing cars and pleasuring himself in public. An unconfirmed mobile video footage allegedly showing Russell naked in the middle of a street was posted via TMZ. Afterwards people started posting memes with Russell's face on it.