So, like 50 million other people, I watched the Kony video yesterday. My son, Jonah, won't stop talking about it. 

It is an incredibly effective use of film and social media. It has brought a lot of attention to genocide issues – topics that are usually ignored by the privileged world. 

However, there has also been a lot of criticism of the video. One obvious factual problem is that Joseph Kony has not lived in Uganda for six years or so. 

UPDATE: I liked this defense of the video and the snobbery of wonks. Boing Boing has been writing up a storm on this topic.