Doesn’t matter. A cease and desist can be sent for anything. You either follow it or there’s a risk you are taken to court, and nobody can afford to go to court against Twitter
X’s lawyers cited, among other laws, the Texas Harmful Access by Computer Act and the Lanham Act.
Probably wouldn’t hold up in court, especially when LLM scrapers seem to have free reign… but it’s sadly understandable that the dev got chilled by such a rich bully.
On what fucking grounds exactly? What law could Nitter possibly be breaking
Not giving content creators of unhinged fascism engagement.
There is a nitter instance run by a fascist, so maybe that one can still be up.
Which instance?
nitter.poast.org was the one run by a fascist, but it’s also down.
probably “unauthorized use of the website” shit that only matters when you’ve got a lot of money
Doesn’t matter. A cease and desist can be sent for anything. You either follow it or there’s a risk you are taken to court, and nobody can afford to go to court against Twitter
Probably wouldn’t hold up in court, especially when LLM scrapers seem to have free reign… but it’s sadly understandable that the dev got chilled by such a rich bully.