Elmo's X account hacked, shares antisemitic posts
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A story you may have heard claims the beloved Sesame Street character Elmo went on an antisemitic rant on X over the weekend.
The iconic kids' entertainment character's social media also declared in a since-deleted post that Donald Trump is in the Epstein Files.
Elmo was radicalized by the manosphere,” the Sesame Street character explained, admitting that he had not actually been hacked
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.
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.
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Jon Stewart confronted Elmo during Monday night's "The Daily Show" over the "Sesame Street" puppet's X hack and antisemitic tweets.
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