Nitter, an open-source front end that let users read X without an account, says X sent cease-and-desist letters demanding a takedown; Nitter.net is now offline
Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging into or even opening the X app …
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Discussion
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@xjosh
Josh
on x
the Internet is now a little bit smaller.
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@cryptocyberia
@cryptocyberia
on x
Wow, it appears that zedeus, who operates Nitter, received a cease and desist letter from Twitter.
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@pfrazee.com
Paul Frazee
on bluesky
X shuts down apps that show its posts. Bluesky exists to ernable it. One of these networks is about promoting freedom, the other is not. [embedded post]
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@patak.cat
Patak
on bluesky
nitter.net is down. xcancel.com may go soon, too. all the respect to the folks at nitter for their services so far, but to be honest, X completely locking itself out of the web is probably a net positive for us all in the long term [image]
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r/stupidpol
r
on reddit
X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping
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r/france
r
on reddit
X sends cease-and-desist to open-source project Nitter over alleged scraping | TechCrunch
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r/technology
r
on reddit
X sends cease-and-desist to open-source project Nitter over alleged scraping
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@metacurity.com
Cynthia Brumfield
on bluesky
It's not like the people using Nitter were ever going to log into X anyway. — techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/x...