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X Corp sends cease-and-desist to Nitter, demanding permanent takedown of X privacy frontend

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X Corp sends cease-and-desist to Nitter, demanding permanent takedown of X privacy frontend

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News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

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X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping | TechCrunch

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X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X front ends, demanding its instances and code repository be taken down over alleged scraping.

On 24 August 2026 X Corp sent cease and desist letters to Nitter and its instances, demanding permanent takedown of the instances and the project’s repository. The letter accuses the project of scraping and unlawful use of X’s API.

Nitter.net is currently offline and development is paused while the developer seeks legal advice.

Source is TechCrunch, message is also on nitter.net official site.

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Scraping? You mean like what AI crawlers do?
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  No, that’s just for corporations. When individuals do it it’s a crime.

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