Sesame Workshop regains control of Elmo's hacked X account after racist posts


The account was compromised over the weekend and instead of the usual posts of encouragement and kindness, Elmo's 650,000 followers were given antisemitic threats and a profane reference to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation. Those tweets were soon deleted. — AP

Sesame Workshop regained control of its Elmo account on the X platform on July 14 after a hacker gained access and posted a string of racist and antisemitic messages.

"Elmo’s X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street and Elmo, said in a statement July 14.


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