{"id":"kony-2012","name":"Kony 2012","summary":"Kony 2012 was a viral advocacy campaign launched in March 2012 by nonprofit Invisible Children, built around a 30-minute documentary aimed at making Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony a household name so the U.S. would help capture him. The film hit tens of millions of YouTube views in days and pulled in celebrities like Rihanna and Diddy, but it also triggered one of the internet's earliest and fiercest backlashes against a viral cause, plus a bizarre public breakdown that spawned its own meme cycle.","tags":["kony 2012","invisible children","joseph kony","viral video","jason russell","stopkony","cover the night","lord's resistance army"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":7,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/kony-2012-kony-2012-campaign-poster.webp","caption":"The official KONY 2012 campaign poster released by Invisible Children, which became the visual centerpiece of the viral movement.","width":1131,"height":637,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/kony-2012-lra-conflict-uganda-map.webp","caption":"A map illustrating the northern Ugandan districts and ethnic groups impacted by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).","width":600,"height":739,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/kony-2012-why-kony-infographic.webp","caption":"An infographic from the KONY 2012 campaign explaining Joseph Kony's alleged crimes and the human cost of the LRA insurgency.","width":500,"height":657,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/kony-2012-kony-2012-poster-variant.webp","caption":"An alternate crop of the widely circulated KONY 2012 campaign poster used across social media.","width":595,"height":400,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/kony-2012-woke-up-4-million-enemies.webp","caption":"A meme mocking Joseph Kony after Invisible Children's viral video reached tens of millions of viewers within days.","width":680,"height":475,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/kony-2012-what-uganda-do-about-it.webp","caption":"A pun-based image macro built around Joseph Kony's likeness that spread widely as part of the KONY 2012 meme reaction wave.","width":400,"height":400,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/kony-2012-stop-kobe-parody-meme.webp","caption":"A photoshop parody swapping Joseph Kony for Kobe Bryant, one of many jokes riffing on the KONY 2012 slogan.","width":680,"height":606,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/kony-2012/history.md","related":["2015-charlie-hebdo-terrorist-attack","innocence-of-muslims","isis-crappy-collage-grand-prix","hands-up-dont-shoot","2014-fifa-world-cup-brazil","bill-cosby-rape-allegations","celebrity-i-take-responsibility-video","virtue-signalling","safetypin-safety-pin-movement","i-support-the-current-thing","occupy-wall-street","well-boys-we-did-it-racism-is-no-more"],"popularityRank":3064,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}