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Sep 7, 2026
GuruHOST
So let's not waste another second, all right? Let's dive right in.
GuruHOST
First up, and this is a big one for all you privacy nuts out there, Nitter and xCancel are back in business.
GuruHOST
Heh.
GuruHOST
Hmm.
Linus SebastianHOST
Uh, we've got just a couple more topics, and then I'll do your sponsors, and then we'll go to After Dark, Dan.
Linus SebastianHOST
Sound good? Twitter has sicked its lawyers on Nitter and XCancel, tools to scrape and mirror tweets.
Linus SebastianHOST
Um, Nitter, an open source front end that lets people browse Twitter and read tweets without using Twitter directly, has been sent a cease and desist letter.
Linus SebastianHOST
The letter alleges that Nitter violated Twitter's rules and scraped data from the platform.
Linus SebastianHOST
Okay.
Linus SebastianHOST
Cool.
Linus SebastianHOST
Good.
Linus SebastianHOST
Nitter's maintainer, Xidues, has paused work while seeking legal advice.
Henry FisherHOST
So yeah, guys, a very positive VPN news this week, which isn't always the case, and so it was kind of fun.
Henry FisherHOST
Uh, coming soon, we have Flock's new AI giving police a search engine for your movements, Meta's almost seventeen billion dollar settlement over kids' social media harms, and then we have X, formerly known as Twitter, going after users of Nitter and X Cancel.
Henry FisherHOST
Let's dive into Flock.
Henry FisherHOST
This is, uh, a piece by Wired which talks about how Flock has this new AI tool for police, and they actually got its code to share a little bit of insight on how this works behind the scenes.
Henry FisherHOST
It's fully open source, and I just interviewed one of the people who volunteers at Deflock, um, on our sister podcast, Techler Talks.
Henry FisherHOST
There's been some amazing guests on that podcast, guys, and so if you want to learn more and dive deeper into these topics, I, I really suggest checking out Techler Talks because we've had some amazing people over there.
Henry FisherHOST
[upbeat music] All right, guys, coming soon, we have open source X, formerly known as Twitter, viewers who are using Nitter and X Cancel who are being forced offline.
Henry FisherHOST
In the meantime, though, I wanted to shine a little bit of light on the Meta case.
JordanHOST
Um, I guess we can dive straight into the first story here, and this is from Tech Crunch.
JordanHOST
X sends cease and desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping.
JordanHOST
Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging in or even opening the X app, has received cease and desist letters from X demanding that it shut down.
JordanHOST
The news was shared via a brief message posted to, to the project's website, and follows X's early attempts to knock Nitter offline by technical means.
JordanHOST
Service also powers a number of other sites, including X Cancel, which allowed people to view X posts directly.
JordanHOST
This isn't X's first attempt to shut down Nitter.
JordanHOST
In 2024, Nitter's flagship instance, nitter.net, went dark temporarily after X rolled out new API restrictions.
JordanHOST
Nitter worked by fetching public X posts and then stripping out the ads, tracking cookies, and JavaScript, giving people a clean and clutter-free way to read posts without an account or the app.
James CridlandHOST
Well, but only this week, Twitter...
James CridlandHOST
X has sent a cease and desist to a couple of different companies, xcancel.com and nitter.com, which are two sets of people who are, who have essentially been scraping the X website to get rid of any advertising and give you a way to, you know, have a look through X without actually being on X.
James CridlandHOST
And both of those have just been shut down, so clearly, you know, Elon is, you know, he cares about this.
James CridlandHOST
But yes, it's, [chuckles] it's a really, really interesting, really interesting move.
James TribeHOST
But for people spending their kids' college fund on Claude tokens, it might be worth it.
James TribeHOST
Twitter has sent a cease and desist letter to Nitter, the open source project that allowed folks to look at tweets without using Twitter directly.
James TribeHOST
Nitter is now offline, with Zedeus, the project's maintainer, pausing work and saying he's seeking legal advice.
James TribeHOST
XCancel, a site that relied on Nitter to mirror tweets and Twitter feeds, has also been taken offline after receiving a letter from Twitter.
James TribeHOST
The shutdown means users who relied on these services to doomscroll through insane tweets without an account are officially [beep] out of luck, at least for now.
James TribeHOST
This isn't Twitter's first time messing with Nitter.
James TribeHOST
It killed the service off with API changes in 2024, only for Nitter to eventually bounce back.
James TribeHOST
So Twitter may have knocked it down, but I bet users will be back to damaging their mental wellbeing without supporting Elon Musk real soon, I hope.
speaker_0HOST
XCancel is an unofficial alternative to Twitter designed to prioritize user privacy and performance.
speaker_0HOST
By utilizing Nitter, XCancel allows users to browse Twitter without JavaScript, significantly improving loading times and reducing data usage.
speaker_0HOST
This platform caters to those who are concerned about privacy while still wanting to engage with social media.
speaker_0HOST
For Apple users, XCancel presents a viable option for accessing Twitter content without compromising on privacy, aligning with the growing demand for secure online experiences.