FuriaHubX sends a cease-and-desist to the open-source project Nitter
X Corp dated a cease-and-desist August 24 demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project’s repository. The public instance nitter.net went offline; maintainer Zedeus said they were seeking legal advice.
On August 25, 2026 TechCrunch reported that X Corp sent a cease-and-desist to the open-source Twitter/X front-end Nitter over alleged scraping.
What we know
- The cease-and-desist is dated August 24 and demands a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project repository.
- The public instance nitter.net went offline, and maintainer Zedeus said they were seeking legal advice.
- X accused Nitter of API circumvention and scraping under the Texas Harmful Access by Computer Act and the Lanham Act.
- The letter set a deadline of 5pm EST on August 25.
- Nitter also powered XCancel.
Takeaways
- X is treating public Nitter instances and the source repo as targets for a permanent takedown.
- The company is citing Texas computer-access law and the Lanham Act, not only terms of service.
- The same stack also sat behind XCancel.
Source: TechCrunch
