{"id":38227,"date":"2025-07-14T16:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elmos-x-account-hacked-shares-antisemitic-posts-disgusting-messages\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:52:48","slug":"elmos-x-account-hacked-shares-antisemitic-posts-disgusting-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elmos-x-account-hacked-shares-antisemitic-posts-disgusting-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmo&#8217;s X account hacked, shares antisemitic posts: &#8220;Disgusting messages&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Elmo&#8217;s X account posted antisemitic and racist posts after it was hacked on Sunday, a spokesperson for the makers of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/netflix-sesame-street-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Sesame Street&#8221;<\/a><\/span> said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Elmo&#8217;s X account was briefly compromised yesterday by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,&#8221; a spokesperson for Sesame Workshop, which is the nonprofit organization behind &#8220;Sesame Street,&#8221; said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said the social media account, which is verified and has more than 600,000 followers, has since been secured.<\/p>\n<p>The posts contained slurs against Jews and commentary about President Trump and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-bondi-amid-epstein-probe-fallout\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/span>, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender who killed himself in prison in 2019 as he faced federal sex trafficking charges. The posts were removed Sunday afternoon, shortly after appearing on the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Epstein&#8217;s case has been back in the news after the Justice Department and FBI <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-client-list-died-by-suicide-justice-department-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released a report<\/a><\/span> saying their review had found no evidence of a long-rumored &#8220;client list,&#8221; and that security video confirms no one entered the cell area before Epstein&#8217;s death. The findings sparked a furor among some Trump supporters after right-wing media figures spent years promoting the idea of a cover-up or conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>The posts on Elmo&#8217;s X account were published several days after the team behind <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-grok-3-xai-ai-chatbot-openai\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Grok<\/a><\/span>, Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI chatbot, deleted several posts on Musk&#8217;s X in which the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/grok-elon-musks-ai-chatbot-antisemitic-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">chatbot made antisemitic comments<\/a><\/span> and praised Adolf Hitler. The company later issued an apology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk and X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, have been <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-antisemitism-on-x-twitter-jewish-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">criticized for a surge<\/a><\/span> of antisemitic and other hate speech on the site since he took ownership in October 2022. Musk allowed previously banned users back onto the platform \u2014 including\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/andrew-tate-charged-romania-indictment-rape-human-trafficking\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Andrew Tate<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/twitter-x-reinstates-kanye-west-account-antisemitic-comments\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kanye West<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and some notorious neo-Nazi figures \u2014 and reduced content moderation in the name of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League has also also been tracking a rise in antisemitic incidents in the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/report\/audit-antisemitic-incidents-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The nonprofit organization  said<\/a> that last year, it recorded 9,354 antisemitic incidents nationwide, which is the highest number since it started monitoring more than four decades ago. 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