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

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.

X Corp sends cease-and-desist to Nitter, demanding permanent takedown of X privacy frontendhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/x-sends-cease-and-desist-to-open-source-project-nitter-over-alleged-scraping/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
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No, that's just for corporations. When individuals do it it's a crime.

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