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Kony 2012 Biggest Viral Video Ever
A San Diego-based charity has produced a video attacking a central African warlord, and it has gone viral, reaching towns worldwide, including Elkridge.
It's a viral YouTube video that has nothing to do with cats playing with string, babies laughing or teen hearthrobs singing love songs.
It details what it says are atrocities against the young who have been forced into paramilitary service and sex slavery at the hands of Joseph Kony, leader of a Ugandan resistance force.
The 27-minute Youtube documentary by Invisible Children went viral this week, garnering more than 50 million viewers, the largest for a video promoted solely on social media, according to CBS News (see embedded video).
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It has spread rapidly among college students and the general population, calling on followers to raise even more awareness by blanketing their towns with Stop Kony signs on April 20. Here's the local talk of the effort on Twitter:
"So who wants to drive around Elkridge with me to put up #stopkony posters on April 20th?" asked @allie_jay13 on March 6.
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"HoCo needs to unite for #StopKony and #Kony2012 to start making people around here more aware!" wrote @SahariNaimi on March 7.
The Kony video was even referred to Thursday in the daily White House briefing for reporters. Check out national news outlets' coverage on CBS News, USA Today and the Huffington Post.
Let us know if you've watched the video and what you think about it in comments. Also, have you seen any signs up around Elkridge? Tell us where!
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