Elmo, Sesame Street and X
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The account of the 3-year-old Sesame Street character turned hateful and certainly not suitable for kids. Here's what the hacked account said.
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The Manila Times on MSNElmo’s X account calls for Jews’ exterminationThe X account of Sesame Street’s Elmo, a beloved children’s television character, shared antisemitic and anti-Donald Trump posts after being hacked on Sunday. A slew of messages calling for the extermination of Jewish people and labeling the United States president a “puppet” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were shared on the account.
Sesame Workshop worked to regain full control over its Elmo account on the X platform Monday after a hacker gained access and posted a string of racist and antisemitic messages.
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