# Nitter goes dark as X Corp. sends cease-and-desist letters over alleged scraping

Seven years of work on a project that let people read X posts without an account came to an end on a legal clock: X Corp. gave Nitter until 5 p.m. EST on August 25 to pull down its instances and its code repository. All that's left at Nitter's address now is a brief notice. Nitter.net has gone dark,

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| Published | 26 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/nitter-goes-dark-as-x-corp-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-over-alleged-scraping/