The Endless Cycle of Censorship and Innovation The demise of Nitter and XCancel, two services allowing users to view social media posts without logging in, marks the latest chapter in a long standing saga of censorship and innovation.
For years, these platforms have been caught in a cycle of disruption and shutdown, with the entity behind them – X – seeking to exert control over how users interact with its content.
X's most recent move involved threatening legal action against Nitter, alleging that the service had scraped data in violation of its API rules.