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Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help

Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help

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Comments (77)

  • medler
    This is very clearly an attempt by X to use the legal system to harass people doing perfectly legal things. The chilling effect on speech is the whole point
  • petcat
    It's impossible to know what this "legal advice" was, but it was always a dubious claim.The software project itself is probably fine. The legal risk is always going to be with the person that hosts it with the intention of facilitating the unauthorized access of Twitter's website. Seems like that could run afoul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.Those people should seek their own legal advice and not listen to anything this guy says.
  • 1ba9115454
    Nitter is/was a free, open-source alternative front-end for X (formerly Twitter) that lets users view public posts without an account, ads, or tracking scripts.
  • bhouston
    I don’t think nitter can run legally. It would be like having a proxy for nytimes or cnn. I think its (or systems like it) only possible future is to acknowledge it doesn’t have a legal future.
  • hrideshmg
    I am quite surprised by the number of comments critical of Nitter.I personally don't use it but frontends like these are very important in today's day and age.As sad as it is, the majority of online discourse nowadays happens on platforms whose algorithms and interfaces are controlled by corporations.A project like Nitter probably can't run legally, and that's okay. Custom mobile clients for Reddit still work after they banned it, life finds a way. I'm all for funding these projects though because at the end of the day, someone has to build it.
  • anon
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  • andsoitis
    > seeking fundingWhat’s the purpose of Nitter?Elevator pitch if you will?And where can one read a bio of the creator(s)?
  • accountrequired
    >"or its successor" So long and thanks for all the fish.
  • stevefan1999
    IANAL but unfortunately the law isn't really in Nitter's favor, as Elon could easily win the fight that Nitter can be considered as a read-only scrapping mirror, which itself makes total sense why Elon tries to C&D it since it is a loophole for other AI companies, probably especially OpenAI, to read the feeds for free.tl;dr Elon's ground can easily be that there is an official paid service that let's you read the feeds unrestricted (this will be a good counter-challenge however IMO) while Nitter tried to run around it. So the First Amendment defense from Nitter should be shit outta luck
  • herunan
    What's the point? Nitter already won since It's open source. Anyone can just fork it and/or self-host it. eg: https://status.d420.de or https://xxcancel.com
  • jaggs
    Surely Nitter is open source and has 1.4K forks alread. So it should be easy to ramp that up to several thousand more, which can make it harder to stop? or am i being naive?
  • skeledrew
    Well, it was good while it lasted.
  • EagnaIonat
    I quit twitter soon after Elon took over and the neo-Nazi spam. Nothing of value was lost.Why not invest your time on better services.
  • williethegate
    [dead]
  • ktallett
    I don't quite understand the need for nitter. I don't use X/Twitter due to what it accesses, not due to the front end.
  • beanjuiceII
    just use X already
  • sreekanth850
    FAFO. Edit: people who downvoting have to understand that you are supporting TOS violations. That always invite legal troubles.
  • maxlin
    Just use X like a normal person