Elmo breaks silence
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Nothing is sacred anymore, not even 'Sesame Street.' Our beloved Elmo had his account hacked in order to spew some hateful (and confusing) nonsense.
Elmo's account on X was hacked over the weekend and called for the release of the releae of the Epstein Files and violence against Jews.
Early Sunday morning, Elmo's account was overtaken by what the Sesame Workshop described as an 'unknown hacker,' who unleashed a string of offensive and threatening posts.
Elmo's mission of kindness and wholesomeness is back in full swing, days after an alleged hack led puppet's X page to post racist remarks and claims about Jeffrey Epstein.
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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People posing as Elmo have a history of saying really bad stuff about Jews. Larry David may have been right to attack the puppet.
Horrific posts on the "Sesame Street" character's X account only remained online for a short period, but still went viral.