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Source -CNN- with The spokesperson for Sesame Workshop, the makers of “Sesame Street,” confirmation.

“Elmo’s X account was compromised by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts,” a spokesperson for Sesame Workshop, the makers of “Sesame Street,” told CNN in a statement. “We are working to restore full control of the account.”

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[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

See that is what im always sorta wondering. Is it real people or is it being manipulated by folks to lower the impact of what they do? I definitely think most of it is real folks but I also feel there are unfriendly forces stoking the flames to get them pushing the extremeness that turns off the middle folk. Whats really bad is before I had a bit of sympathy and would push a bit on the issue but now there are much more local immediate concerns that just take precedence. I will be more concerned with global affairs when people are not being grabbed and renditioned to a foreign gulag over here.

[-] paultimate14@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I suspect it mostly started as propaganda. Which then became successful and caused genuine believers to repeat it and spread it.

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