# Nitter has received a cease and desist letter from X **URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/nitter-has-received-a-cease-and-desist-letter-from-x/40176 **Category:** General **Created:** 2026-08-25T17:35:01Z **Posts:** 57 ## Post 1 by @any1 — 2026-08-25T17:35:02Z ![image](https://forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/3X/4/7/4774002c05b10c7e473d486726bc2b57b635f983.png) --- ## Post 2 by @Linus_Sex_Tips — 2026-08-25T18:14:25Z Elon killed all my RSS feeds!!! --- ## Post 3 by @anonymous644 — 2026-08-25T18:21:29Z xcancel still seems to work, no surprise it would be the last one standing. --- ## Post 4 by @overdrawn98901 — 2026-08-25T19:45:49Z Sad to see, glad I don’t use Twitter though (still refuse to call it X such a horrible name) --- ## Post 5 by @anon65490391 — 2026-08-25T20:43:52Z Sir “Dork” MAGA strikes again. --- ## Post 6 by @ph00lt0 — 2026-08-25T20:55:46Z And it is gone. --- ## Post 7 by @anon53320198 — 2026-08-25T22:43:26Z Damn. I guess browsing with a VPN and Twitter Control Panel is the best option now then? --- ## Post 8 by @anonymous644 — 2026-08-25T23:29:32Z Nitter itself is not broken. You could still self-host your own instance. Depending on how much effort its worth to you. --- ## Post 9 by @Footnote5444 — 2026-08-26T00:32:11Z Is there some compelling reason you can’t….just not use Twitter? To each their own, but I fail to see the compelling reason to jump through hoops to read people yelling at each other, posting blatant disinformation, and ready Elmo’s Ketamine-fueled rants. Twitter seems to “easiest” platform for people to quit. Reddit has dedicated, niche communities that can be hard to replace. Facebook and Instagram have the “family and friends lock-in” problem. Twitter has none of that and seems easy to either stop using altogether or find one of the (more private) alternatives like Mastodon. --- ## Post 10 by @anon64393658 — 2026-08-26T00:49:03Z It has some legitimately useful news sources. For instance a lot of the OSINT accounts can have big events before it hits normal news sites. Also some of my favorite automotive journalists post about their latest reviews there. I can easily live without access to Twitter (I’ve never had an account), but it is annoying some useful info will no longer be accessible. --- ## Post 11 by @fria — 2026-08-26T00:50:09Z > [@Footnote5444](#): > > Is there some compelling reason you can’t….just not use Twitter? They require an account on the actual website to view a lot of tweets. There’s a lot of info on there from security researchers posting their findings and organizations like GrapheneOS posting announcements and information there, I end up linking to Nitter all the time. It’s a real shame that Twitter is nerfed so hard right now, I don’t really understand why they don’t just let you view tweets without an account. --- ## Post 12 by @Aslop1 — 2026-08-26T00:51:01Z I’ve seen public services use it to provide notices for service interruptions. --- ## Post 13 by @Aslop1 — 2026-08-26T00:54:58Z If you were a sleazy website and you could force all users to fingerprint themselves, wouldn’t you? --- ## Post 14 by @fria — 2026-08-26T00:55:34Z I mean _I_ wouldn’t, but I could see the value if you want to maximize profit lol --- ## Post 15 by @privacy.slouchy — 2026-08-26T01:42:35Z I always thought ‘cease and desist’ was just legal tomfoolery usually used by the powerful to bully the weak into submission. Surprised to see preemptive compliance --- ## Post 16 by @WhinyHamletPayer — 2026-08-26T05:33:38Z I think I’ll go back to using [Squawker](https://github.com/j-fbriere/squawker) (a fork of Quacker, which is a fork of Fritter, a third-party mobile client like Infinity for Reddit). Still allows X to track my usage but at least I don’t have to deal with ads and all the other bullshit on X. I literally only follow three accounts. --- ## Post 17 by @yolakalemowa — 2026-08-26T07:46:17Z :frowning: The early internet looking more and more different by the day. Enshittification taking over. We All these forms of resistance sadly were never sustainable. The real solution remains not just an alternative frontend but backend too (peertube, mastodon, etc..) Unfortunately, those will remain very difficult to replace the others due to lack of content. --- ## Post 18 by @anonymous644 — 2026-08-26T16:54:33Z probably wasnt worth it but I ended up just creating local instance of Nitter using my old twitter account auth. moved my rss feeder to my private space so i could access it via wireguard from my phone. --- ## Post 19 by @Footnote5444 — 2026-08-26T17:58:41Z For the life of me I will never understand why public entities decide to _only_ use Twitter to push out notices. You. Have. A. Website. Use it. I get a small business who doesn’t have the technical expertise or the budget to own and operate their own website using platforms like Instagram and Facebook (and even Twitter) to promote their services. But Governments and public safety offices that rely on that model are morons. I would strongly recommend anyone running into that to reach out to their local officials and advocate for them to post critical information on platforms that are free and open to all. It not okay that critical alerts are hidden behind a “must create account” wall. --- ## Post 20 by @Footnote5444 — 2026-08-26T18:05:19Z Okay. I would say then that GrapheneOS folks and the like should move to a platform like Mastodon all the same. Or at least figure out a way to cross-post said information. Twitter has been a dumpster fire for a long time now. It’s certainly gotten worse since Elon took over both in terms of access (for non users) and just the quality of the platform. If folks are still relying on that platform when viable alternatives exist that is on them. I’m not saying Nitter wasn’t useful. It was. And I myself used it in circumstances where viewing something on Twitter was the only option. But I also wouldn’t advocate for anyone who cares about privacy to keep jumping through flaming hoops to access the site. At this point anyone who is exclusively posting stuff on Twitter is either okay with not having a massive chunk of the population be able to view their content or is just lazy. There isn’t a lot of grey area here IMO. --- ## Post 21 by @Footnote5444 — 2026-08-26T18:10:00Z I get it from the Dev’s side of things. If you have a (supposed) Trillionaire-backed tech platform threatening you with legal action for a project that likely wasn’t some huge money-maker (if it made any money at all) I would likely do the same. It’s easy to sit here and say “fight back”, but unless some entity like the EFF is gonna back you it’s hard to justify the time, expenses, and hassle of even just dealing with a legal _threat_ from one of these platforms if you aren’t a journalist and are just some random dev who found a workaround to accessing Twitter/X content outside their app. I do worry what this portends for other projects though. No doubt Google is keeping a close eye on this when it comes to YouTube alternative front-ends and apps. At least there you have more options so it becomes a game of “whack-a-mole”. --- ## Post 22 by @SwampTrainer — 2026-08-26T18:45:36Z Don’t give Reddit any ideas! --- ## Post 23 by @anonymous644 — 2026-08-26T18:57:11Z > [@Footnote5444](#): > > Okay. I would say then that GrapheneOS folks and the like should move to a platform like Mastodon all the same. GrapheneOS is on Mastodon… > **[GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)](https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS)** > > 18.3K Posts, 0 Following, 40.3K Followers · Open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility. --- ## Post 24 by @walkingcowboy32 — 2026-08-26T19:08:06Z GrapheneOS actually does have Mastodon. But yeah, generally if I see some content creator or the like on Mastodon and not shitter these days, I immediately treat it as a signal that their content must be worth something cuz they’re sacrificing audience reach by doing this—so they can’t be total sellouts chasing trends and writing nonsense for the clout. At the very least they have integrity. IMO Mastodon should be the default “town hall” of the internet, because it’s the least likely to be enshitified and closed down. It may not be perfect, but for keeping up with a company or person it’s in no way worse than twitter. --- ## Post 25 by @mountainofmeat — 2026-08-26T19:23:00Z The people aren’t ready to hear it, but twitter should be nationalized. So many public organizations refuse to use another communication channel, so twitter should not be under private ownership by a guy that is too busy building mecha hitler to care about doing a public good. And it can’t get much worse than the president of the united states owning a for-profit social media site called “truth”. --- ## Post 29 by @anon53320198 — 2026-08-26T20:01:09Z For me it’s videogame news. It’s the only platform the gaming companies are posting (except Meta services, which I refuse to use), why would I spend an unnecessary amount of time reading all gaming news subreddits when I can have a chronological Twitter feed of only the news I care about? Also, Wario64 :goat: --- ## Post 31 by @anonymous644 — 2026-08-26T20:24:49Z @anon65490391 @hydrogenperoxide If you have multiple posts that are just off-topic, that should be a sign to move that conversation to a DM or a new thread. --- ## Post 36 by @anon67953901 — 2026-08-26T21:22:29Z Twitter wants to grow so it makes sense for them to make it worse and harder to use their platform :melting_face: I know there’s some popular saying about just getting people on your platform like windows or YouTube even if they aren’t spending money. Pirating windows and using adblock on youtube has not stopped then from being massive business successes. --- ## Post 39 by @anon64393658 — 2026-08-27T07:17:41Z You look at the government and everything it’s doing today and your thought is to give it **more** power? The government shouldn’t be allowed to own shares of companies, much less outright take them over. The current administration is an perfect ongoing case study in why the only way to preserve privacy and individual security is to dismantle large portions of the state and strip the executive of power. --- ## Post 40 by @Gabriela — 2026-08-27T07:43:17Z 1. Government and State are two distinct concepts and realities, though they may occasionally coincide in countries where a genuine rule of law is absent. 2. In these countries lacking a genuine rule of law, the cause lies, in many cases, in the fact that government is directed by the private sector and there is no ironclad separation of powers . Corporations stand above the laws (the State). --- ## Post 41 by @fernweh — 2026-08-27T07:54:16Z > The government shouldn’t be allowed to own shares of companies, much less outright take them over. It should. > The current administration is an perfect ongoing case study in why the only way to preserve privacy and individual security is to dismantle large portions of the state and strip the executive of power. I imagine taking away power from the government decreases privacy for the people because companies will start doing what the f they want. The government should hold power, be regulated itself and regulate companies. Neoliberalism is a disease. You could legally force Twitter to open up to open frameworks like ActivityPub, Nostr or ATproto. That allows competitors to have a chance in the market. --- ## Post 42 by @mountainofmeat — 2026-08-27T08:36:43Z The current government is a front for techno-feudalism, what you are proposing is more of that under the current trajectory. Basically nothing gets enforced because the president himself is a criminal profiting from lack of enforcement in anti-cartel/monopoly laws or general corruption. I want real enforcement, corporations that are held to real standards. Standards that do not allow you to lock down a previously open system while threatening to sue people keeping the flow of legal information open. The best way in my eyes is to remove the private ownership of twitter. --- ## Post 43 by @anon92447704 — 2026-08-27T19:55:24Z > [@yolakalemowa](#): > > The real solution “The real solution” is building a cabin in the woods --- ## Post 45 by @anon67953901 — 2026-08-27T21:25:42Z I appreciate that there’s opposing political views on this forum. We should keep it on topic to nitter tho. --- ## Post 46 by @anon67953901 — 2026-08-27T21:27:01Z I don’t think this will be the end of Nitter unless X takes technical steps to block it. That hasn’t happened yet. If it was so easy to stop reproducing content using laws, piracy would not exist, but it’s [thriving](https://fmhy.xyz). --- ## Post 47 by @anonymous644 — 2026-08-27T21:33:20Z I agree. I actually think Nitter is on relatively strong legal grounds to continue if they chose to fight that battle. --- ## Post 49 by @763rochell — 2026-08-28T06:03:30Z Hi, just dropping by to mention that some public Nitter instances still exist, one being my own. Some of us are fighting back and refuse to let this great project die. [https://codeberg.org/mv12star/shitter/wiki/Instances](https://codeberg.org/mv12star/shitter/wiki/Instances) - [https://nitter.kareem.one/](https://nitter.kareem.one/) - [https://nitter.miningtcup.me/](https://nitter.miningtcup.me/) - [https://shitter.thepixora.com](https://shitter.thepixora.com) I have also added a [wiki entry](https://codeberg.org/mv12star/shitter/wiki/Evading-DMCA-reports-%E2%80%94-Templates-and-Gluetun) on how to prevent this kind of reports from taking down your instance. I encourage all the privacy guides community to host their own instances. Together, we are stronger! --- ## Post 50 by @any1 — 2026-08-28T06:23:54Z > [@763rochell](#): > > - [https://nitter.miningtcup.me/](https://nitter.miningtcup.me/) I can vouch for this instance --- ## Post 51 by @any1 — 2026-09-06T17:37:13Z > > **UPDATE:** Following legal advice, the Nitter project will continue. More details will be announced soon. --- ## Post 52 by @Linus_Sex_Tips — 2026-09-06T18:24:09Z [Nitter.net](http://Nitter.net) still not fully up, my RSS feeds are still down!!! Elon!!! :face_with_bags_under_eyes::face_with_bags_under_eyes::sob: --- ## Post 53 by @anonymous644 — 2026-09-06T19:22:45Z Great to see that Nitter has decided to return even though I will probably stick to self-hosting a private instance going forward. --- ## Post 54 by @graym — 2026-09-06T20:28:53Z [xcancel.com](http://xcancel.com) is back up it appears. Took a bit to verify my connection, but then it did work. --- ## Post 55 by @user1 — 2026-09-07T11:18:16Z > **[nitter.net](https://nitter.net)** > > nitter.net is offline. > Following legal advice, **the Nitter project will continue**. This instance and others will be back up and running shortly. An announcement will be made within a week, once we’re able to reveal more information. --- ## Post 56 by @WhinyHamletPayer — 2026-09-13T15:53:14Z How do I set this up? I tried adding the xcancel url to my RSS reader but it couldn’t find anything to load. --- ## Post 57 by @Linus_Sex_Tips — 2026-09-13T16:10:53Z It’s not supported by all (or even most) instances. [Nitter.net](http://Nitter.net) supported it, and if the instance does, you’ll see the RSS icon in the top right toolbar when on a profile.