Monday, March 12, 2012

Uganda: can Internet stop crimes against humanity?

GV Weekly Edition: Can a Viral Video Really #StopKony?

A film aimed at making Joseph Kony—a Ugandan guerilla leader currently wanted by International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity—”famous” in order to raise support for his arrest has swept the Internet by storm, pushing #StopKony onto Twitter's trending topics list and prompting a wave of backlash from bloggers who worry the film and its associated campaign are overly simplistic.

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