Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

	Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices(github.com)
	1151 points by Banditoz 15 days ago \| 1102 comments
	tl;dr: Nitter, the popular open-source alternative frontend for Twitter/X, along with the XCancel instance, has received cease and desist notices, resulting in the GitHub repository being archived and made read-only as of August 25, 2026. All public Nitter instances are now non-functional, returning "Instance has been rate limited" errors.
	HN Discussion: ↑Nostalgia and lament over Twitter's transformation from open platform to political/closed tool ↑Frustration that login walls and blocked frontends cut users off from needed content ↑Call for non-US jurisdictions to legally protect projects like Nitter from American tech overreach •Announcing or promoting alternative projects and platforms to replace Nitter/X ↑Pointing out the hypocrisy of Musk's 'free speech' stance given the C&D actions