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First Thing organisation

Named in 9 reports across 9 stories - 11 Aug – 21 Oct
11 Aug 202621 Oct 2026
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  1. The Guardian Worldseen 27 Aug, 15:51headline rewrittenthe story

    First Thing: Meta agrees to make sweeping changes to apps for teensMeta agrees to make sweeping changes to apps for teens

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with First Thing. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without First Thing.

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The stories

Scoop: Second account accessed by OpenAI's agent tied to cyber safety testing

540 outlets1 report names First Thing29 Jul – 22 Oct

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

246 outlets1 report names First Thing26 Aug – 22 Oct

Meta told to pay another $567m in New Mexico child safety lawsuit

200 outlets1 report names First Thing6 Aug – 22 Oct

Massive earthquake strikes Colombia

134 outlets1 report names First Thing10 Aug – 14 Sept

Lula da Silva formally launches bid for Brazil's presidency

96 outlets1 report names First Thing3 Aug – 22 Oct

Military families confront Navy leaders about USS Lincoln's prolonged Iran deployment: Report

86 outlets1 report names First Thing8 Aug – 9 Sept

Missouri election chief rejects petition for referendum on new Trump-backed districts

49 outlets1 report names First Thing5 Aug – 28 Sept

Germany’s establishment has a plan to contain the far right. Sort of.

38 outlets1 report names First Thing14 Aug – 11 Oct

Reader Q&A: who’s spending big on the midterms? Our reporters take your questions

11 outlets1 report names First Thing24 Sept – 21 Oct

Who keeps naming them

The Guardian World9

One email a week

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