XCancel and Nitter are receiving C&D letters from XCorp

mobilio 281 points 3 comments August 26, 2026
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https://xcancel.com "On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel. The service XCancel is stopped until further notice. We are seeking legal advice and won't share more details for now. Thank you for the trust you have put in these two years of XCancel." https://nitter.net "On 24 August 2026 cease and desist letters have been sent by X Corp. demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's repository. nitter.net is offline and development has stopped for the time being. I'm seeking legal advice and won't be commenting further on the specifics for now. Thank you to everyone who used, hosted, packaged, donated and contributed to Nitter over the past seven years."

Discussion Highlights (2 comments)

jwilk

Still on front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283 (nearly 900 comments)

ChrisArchitect

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283

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