X has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nitter, an open-source third-party front-end for X, demanding that all related instances be shut down permanently and that the project’s code repository be taken offline. The move has already led to nitter.net going offline, while development on the project has been paused. The developer is now seeking legal advice.
According to the report cited by Odaily, X alleges that Nitter illegally used and bypassed its API, scraped data from the platform, and accessed accounts and sessions, conduct it says violates both platform rules and applicable laws. X set a deadline of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 25 for Nitter to cease operations.
Nitter allowed people to view public posts on X without logging into an X account. It also removed ads, tracking cookies, and JavaScript, features that made it a popular alternative interface for reading public content on the platform.
X has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nitter, an open-source third-party front-end for X, requiring the project to permanently shut down related instances and take its code repository offline.
nitter.net is already offline, development has been paused for now, and the developer is seeking legal advice.
What X alleges
X alleges that Nitter illegally used and bypassed its API, scraped data from the X platform, and accessed accounts and sessions, actions it says violated platform rules and relevant laws.
X required Nitter to stop operating by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 25.
What Nitter does
Nitter allowed users to view public posts without logging into an X account, while removing ads, tracking cookies, and JavaScript.
The report was cited from TechCrunch.
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