Bot traffic plunged to near 0 following the strike on its Vladimir data center
A strike on the Vladimir data center caused bot traffic to drop to nearly zero. The incident significantly impacted automated online activity. (bsky.app)
Nitter currently has no legal counsel
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Nitter's maintainer reports that X Corp sent cease-and-desist letters on 24 August 2026 and again on 8 September 2026 demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's repository, accompanied by legal threats. An earlier update dated 7 September had said the project would continue with legal representation based on assurances the maintainer believed, but those assurances proved untrue; the maintainer apologizes for that misinformation and now states clearly that Nitter currently has no legal counsel. They are actively seeking funding and legal help to contest the takedown demands and preserve the project's future, and ask lawyers, organizations, or anyone able to assist to get in touch; any further news will be posted on the site.
Contact details and fundraising instructions are provided: email [email protected] and Matrix handle @zedeus:nolog.chat, plus donation channels including Liberapay, Patreon, Ko-fi and multiple cryptocurrency addresses (BTC, ETH, XMR, SOL, ZEC). Donations are earmarked first for legal costs, with any remaining funds supporting ongoing development of Nitter or a successor. The maintainer thanks everyone who used, hosted, packaged, donated to, and contributed to Nitter over the past seven years. - zedeus, 10 October 2026.
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