X Demands Takedown of Nitter Source Code, Not Just Mirrors

X Corp. sent cease-and-desist letters on 24 August 2026 to Nitter's maintainer and community-hosted instance operators, demanding removal of the project's source code repository itself — not individual mirrors. Nitter.net is offline; maintainer Zedeus expects all instances to stay down pending legal advice. The compliance deadline was 5 p.m. EST on August 25.