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Aug 26, 2026 · Industry Insights

Elon Musk's X Sends Cease‑And‑Desist to Nitter Over Alleged Data Scraping

Elon Musk's X platform has issued a legal takedown notice to the open‑source front‑end service Nitter and its XCancel site, accusing them of illegally scraping user data, bypassing APIs, and violating multiple state and federal laws, prompting the service to go offline.