The Elmo hack occurred exactly a week after another antisemitism controversy on X. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spread antisemitic posts on the social media platform.

Elmo’s hacked X account posted racist messages. Sesame Workshop is trying to regain control. By The Associated Press The Associated Press,Updated July 14, 2025, 11:23 a.m.

A hacker shared a string of racist and antisemitic posts from the X account of Elmo, the fuzzy red monster from “Sesame Street,” the owner and producer of the children’s show said on Sunday ...

Elmo’s account has nearly 650,000 followers. Sunday’s posts are a sharp deviation from Elmo’s typical content, which consists of uplifting, positive messages for his audience of young children.

“Elmo’s X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts. We are working to restore full control of the account,” a ...

A spokesperson for “Sesame Street” confirmed to Variety that Elmo’s official X account was “compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and ...