On March 8th, Invisible Children released the video Kony 2012, which went viral. By now, over a hundred million people have watched it, shared it on Facebook and tweeded about it. Last Friday, the American advocacy organization called upon their supporters all over the world to raise awareness of the wanted war criminal from Uganda by covering their cities in Kony posters. Anne-Sophie Braendlin reports on San Francisco’s “Cover the Night” event and delves deeper into the controversy the video has created.
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