 Since the video 's release , Invisible Children has come under criticism for oversimplification of events in the region and has been accused of engaging in " slacktivism " , in which one donates or takes actions that have little to no effect beyond making one feel like one contributed . While the campaign promotes global activism , it has been criticized for providing a black @-@ and @-@ white picture rather than encouraging the viewers to learn about the situation . Mikaela Luttrell @-@ Rowland from Clark University 's Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies stated that it was " irresponsible to prize feel good , simplistic messages over complex history and to treat consumerist @-@ consciousness raising as interchangeable with education . " Africa researcher Alex de Waal accused the film of " peddling dangerous and patronizing falsehoods , " criticized the campaign as " naive " for " elevating Kony to a global celebrity , the embodiment of evil , " that might only help him as a terrorist and cult leader , and called for instead " demystifying Kony — reducing him to a common criminal and a failed provincial politician . " 
