Elmo, Sesame Street and Account Security
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Elmo’s verified X (Twitter) account was hacked Monday, leading to a wave of antisemitic, racist and conspiracy-laced posts. Sesame Workshop has secured the account and condemned the content.
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The X account for Elmo from “Sesame Street” spewed some unsavory comments after getting hacked on Sunday. The posts included a series of antisemitic and racist slurs as well as commentary about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.
Jon Stewart confronted Elmo during Monday night's "The Daily Show" over the "Sesame Street" puppet's X hack and antisemitic tweets.
It was going to be so funny. But sadly at the last minute we had to scrap all that because Elmo … lost his f—ing mind.” Stewart was referring to the hacking of Elmo’s X account by an unknown entity on Sunday,
Horrific posts on the "Sesame Street" character's X account only remained online for a short period, but still went viral.
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