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“Kill all Jews,” the Elmo account tweeted as part of a spree focused on “the Epstein files,” the documents purportedly kept by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that have reemerged as a major political issue six months into the second Trump administration.
Unknown hackers took control of the Elmo account on X on Sunday, posting a string of anti-Jewish hate and calling President Trump a “child f—er.” The posts also called for the release of the so-called “Epstein files,” documents related to the investigation of child predator Jeffrey Epstein before he died by suicide in Manhattan prison in 2019.
Since Elon Musk acquired X, formerly known as Twitter, he has received criticism over content moderation policies that allow hate speech. After a recent coding change for X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok reportedly used antisemitic language in its replies. It has since received an update.
Beloved Sesame Street character Elmo has broken his silence after his X account was hacked and used to share antisemitic posts. Over the weekend, a hacker took hold of the account to peddle a string of antisemitic and racist content,
The account has since been secured and the posts have been deleted The official X account of Sesame Street's Elmo was hacked on Sunday, with a series of bizarre posts including an antisemitic rant The account also urged President Donald Trump to "release the Epstein files" On Monday,
Elmo's X account posted antisemitic and racist posts after it was hacked on Sunday, a spokesperson for the makers of "Sesame Street" said in a statement. On Tuesday, Elmo's X account posted a statement saying the account "was briefly hacked by an outside party,
The profane slew of posts shared Sunday evening featured the Sesame Street star’s account going on a bizarre series of rants.
It seems Elmo's world recently included vitriolic racist and antisemitic social media posts. Sesame Workshop says it seeks to restore control over the beloved puppet's X page.