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The X-account of the Sesame Street character Elmo was chopped on Sunday. This has led to a number of anti -Semitic contributions, which, among other things, contained violent threats to Jewish people.
The six, now deleted contributions, asked Elmos Follower to “kill all Jews”. And explained that Donald Trump was the “puppet” of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Because “he is in the Epstein files”.
“Elmo says all Jews should die,” it said in one of the contributions. “Jews control the world. They have to be exterminated.” Another post asked Trump to “publish the files”. And called him a “children’s fucker”.
Spokeswoman confirms Hack of the account
A spokeswoman for Sesame Workshop confirmed that the account was hacked. “Elmos X-account was now compromised by an unknown hacker. One who posted hideous news. Among them, including anti-Semitic and racist contributions,” she said in a press release. “We are working to regain full control over the account.”
The chopped contributions from the Elmo-X account, which has over 647,000 followers, had been deleted until Monday morning. Since then, no new posts have been published. Elmo is known to share messages of love and friendliness through its social media. Often in a way that encourages fans to interact.
Netflix takes over “Sesame Street” after uncertainties
In May, Netflix announced that Sesame Road would switch to streaming service after the end of its contract with Warner Bros. Discovery. The contract began in 2016 when new episodes were produced at HBO after the public broadcasting service (PBS) could no longer bear the costs to maintain the series. At HBO, new episodes of Sesame Road celebrated its premiere nine months before their broadcast. Netflix plans to switch to a publication model with a simultaneous appearance with season 56.
The uncertain fate of the popular children’s series achieved a sad turning point before the Netflix announcement when an unofficial LinkedIn post claimed that Elmo had lost his job. “Hello LinkedIn, unfortunately Elmo was recently released due to cuts in the federal budget,” the post said. “Elmo worked for 45 years at Sesame Road. Elmo is sad. And Elmo loved his time at Sesamestrasse.”