📰 Nitter and XCancel, services that provide an alternative interface for viewing messages from the s

📰 Nitter and XCancel, services that provide an alternative interface for viewing messages from the social network X (Twitter) without registering an account, have resumed operation. The Nitter project repository, which developed a free (GPLv3) frontend for accessing X.com without imposing JavaScript, analytics, trackers, or third-party services, has been reactivated. Nitter's author has so far stated that the project has been reactivated after consultation with legal counsel. The creators of XCancel published a similar announcement. Both are going to reveal more details later.

Nitter and XCancel were shut down two weeks ago after receiving a cease and desist notice from X Corp, or risk legal action. The notice alleged that the services violated state-specific and federal U.S. laws, including the Texas Malicious Computer Access Act (§§ 143.001 and § 33.02) and the Lanham Trademark Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1114, 1125). The Nitter and XCancel developers were accused of illegally accessing X.com APIs and related data, as well as accessing X accounts and session tokens in violation of the service's terms of service.