en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012
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is the first video ever to reach 1 million likes
KONY 2012 was not the first YouTube video to hit 1 million likes. LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" had already passed 1,000,000 likes in November 2011, months before KONY 2012 was uploaded.
Full reasoning
Archived YouTube records contradict this claim.
- An Internet Archive capture of LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock from November 15, 2011 shows the video at "1,000,985 likes".
- An Internet Archive capture of KONY 2012 shows it was uploaded on March 5, 2012.
Because another YouTube video had already exceeded 1 million likes in 2011, KONY 2012 could not have been the first video ever to reach that milestone. KONY 2012 did later become YouTube's most-liked video for a short period, but that is a different claim.
2 sources
- LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock - YouTube (Internet Archive capture, Nov. 15, 2011)
The archived page shows: "1,000,985 likes, 31,856 dislikes."
- KONY 2012 - YouTube (Internet Archive capture, Mar. 6, 2012)
The archived page shows: "Uploaded by invisiblechildreninc on Mar 5, 2012."
Jacob Avaye
The featured Ugandan in KONY 2012 is Jacob Acaye, not "Jacob Avaye." Multiple sources, including Invisible Children and The Guardian, identify him as Jacob Acaye.
Full reasoning
The article misspells the name of the Ugandan former abductee featured in the film.
- Invisible Children itself identifies him as Jacob Acaye in a 2013 post summarizing the KONY 2012 campaign.
- The Guardian also identified the person at the center of the film as Jacob Acaye in its March 8, 2012 reporting.
Because the sources consistently name him Jacob Acaye, the article's use of "Jacob Avaye" is incorrect.
2 sources
- Secret Mission | Invisible Children
Invisible Children lists: "Jacob Acaye - The three IC founders/filmmakers met Jacob in northern Uganda in 2003..."
- Child abductee featured in Kony 2012 defends film's maker against criticism | The Guardian
The article states: "Jacob Acaye, the Ugandan former child abductee at the heart of the film Kony 2012..."