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Nitter Appeals for Funding and Legal Help
In an update dated October 10th, the Nitter project reached out to the community asking for funding and legal assistance.
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Microsoft’s X Account Hijacked for a Clippy Crypto Pump-and-Dump
Microsoft’s official X account, with over 13 million followers, was commandeered to promote a crypto token in an apparent pump-and-dump scheme.
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XCancel Suspends Operations over Legal Proceedings
The alternative interface for reading the X feed has stopped working: a message has appeared on the site announcing a suspension in connection with ongoing litigation.
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Nitter Returns: The Project Survives X Corp's Shutdown Demand
After legal threats from X Corp, Nitter's developers have announced that the project will continue. The news comes from an updated README on GitHub.
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X Corp. Shuts Down Nitter: The Project Receives a Cease and Desist Notice
After letters from X Corp.'s lawyers, the repository of Nitter — a free alternative web interface for Twitter/X — has been switched to archive mode. Along with it, the XCancel redirect service has ceased operating.
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Social media are sabotaging the researcher access to data mandated by EU laws
Scholars studying disinformation complain that TikTok, X and Meta are not providing the data they are entitled to under the Digital Services Act.