X-viewing services Nitter and XCancel shut down after threats of legal action

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• X filed a cease-and-desist against Nitter last month.
• Nitter and its brethren provided a more private way to view X posts without ads or tracking cookies, as well as allowing people to stay aware of information shared on the platform without adding to the user counts of the Elon Musk-owned service.
• Nitter's GitHub repository was archived and moved into read-only mode on September 11, and yesterday XCancel posted a statement to its own site that said service was suspended.

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X filed a cease-and-desist against Nitter last month. Nitter is an open-source platform that allowed people to read posts without being logged into X or having a X account.

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