X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping | TechCrunch · AuraTracer

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On August 25, 2026, the social platform X sent a cease-and-desist letter to the open-source project Nitter. The letter was issued due to Nitter being accused of unauthorized scraping of X’s content. Currently, the matter is in the stage of legal negotiations, and further developments will be reported later.

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X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping | TechCrunch

X 向开源项目 Nitter 发送律师函，要求其在 2026 年 8 月 25 日美国东部时间下午 5 点前永久关闭。Nitter 是一个允许用户无需登录或安装 X 应用即可阅读帖子的开源项目，其核心功能是通过抓取公开帖子并移除广告、追踪 Cookie 和 JavaScript 来提供无干扰的阅读体验。X 指控 Nitter 存在“非法使用及规避 X 应用程序编程接口（API）及相关数据”的行为，声称有证据证明该项目爬取了 X 数据并访问了账号及会话令牌，违反了 X 的规则以及包括德克萨斯州计算机有害访问法在内的多项州和联邦法律。此前，X 曾于 2024 年通过实施新的 API 限制技术性地使 Nitter.net 暂时下线，但开发随后恢复。此次 X 转而采取法律手段施压，Nitter 创始人 Zedeus …