Kony 2012
You might remember it as Kony 2012 documentary, Invisible Children Kony
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2012·The social era·informative
The fastest-spreading video of its time and the case study in what viral advocacy does and does not achieve.
What this wasThe story
It first appeared in 2012, during the social era. A surviving copy is on YouTube.
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · a moment that changed what the internet did next · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.
- SourceOrigin not yet established
- MediaPlayable from the source
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
- Where
- Known on 2 platforms: YouTube, Vimeo.
If you do not use YouTubeSomewhere else
The same thing, held on another platform. Each link says what that copy is; none of them is claimed to be the original, and Share above stays with ViralWorld either way.
- View this upload on Vimeo not playable