>>> the atrocities of an african war lord are going viral with crimes against children being exposed to millions around the world. joseph kony is wanted. his group has abducted 60,000 children for fighters and sex slaves . it includes heartbreaking interviews with children. the movie has received more than 32 million hits on youtube. that's thanks to hundreds of celebrities using twitter and facebook to pass this message along. craig melvin has the story.
>> the rebels raised against and then they kill us.
>> the 29-minute video starts with a little boy talking about his brother being killed. before turning a world away to an amateur film maker and his curious 4-year-old son talking in simple terms about good guys and bad.
>> he forces them to do bad things. what do you think about that?
>> sad.
>> the bad guy is one of the most wanted war criticminals. he's kidnapped tens of thousands of children. boys to fight, girls to rape. kony has been indicted for murder and slaves against humanity.
>> he forces them to kill their own parents.
>> the video is being fueled by social media . ryan seacrest tweeted watched in bed. was blown away . all six million of my followers retweet now. kim and oprah encouraged their fans to watch the video.
>> that's the intention for it to go viral. we're going to take it to the streets and start inspiring other people to make sure that kony is captured.
>> the video is inspiring some people to act.
>> we've done car washes, bake sales , dances.
>> carolyn organized some students at her high school .
>> there's something about their tears and voices that i just couldn't stand.
>> i think that it just really shows how our generation kind of has a different perspective on the ideal of like a global community .
>> the students have already raised about $4,000 for invisible children , the charity behind the stop kony campaign.
>> they are taking action. they are waking up to their potential. that's what this is about.
>> pretty eye-opening. we should note that kony is not in uganda anymore. he's in the centrafrican republic. there's been some criticism of the group. a blog called invisible children claims this charity spent much of its money on salary and film production . the charity said it spent 80% on the missions programs.
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/newsnation/46671104/
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