The posts on Elmo’s account on Sunday called for the extermination of Jewish people, referred to United States President Donald Trump as a “puppet” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded the release of law enforcement files about Epstein, the accused sex trafficker who died in 2019.

Sesame Workshop, which makes the children's show, described the string of antisemitic, racist messages posted to Elmo's X account on Sunday as "disgusting."

Elmo's official X account was hacked on July 14, resulting in the dissemination of antisemitic and racist messages. Sesame Workshop swiftly secured the account and condemned the 'disgusting' posts. This incident follows recent criticism of X's content moderation policies and an apology from Elon Musk's xAI for antisemitic responses generated by its Grok chatbot.