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.

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.

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.

It seems Elmo's world recently included vitriolic racist and antisemitic social media posts. Sesame Workshop says it seeks to restore control over the beloved puppet's X page.

The offending posts have since been deleted, but Elmo’s Twitter/X profile still links to a bizarre Telegram channel in its bio. Sunday’s Twitter/X rant has since been met with disbelief by other social media users, with some cracking jokes about a ...

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.