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First Thing organisation

Named in 12 reports across 12 stories - 11 Aug – 9 Nov
11 Aug 20269 Nov 2026

The record - coverage naming First Thing that changed after publication

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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

The web around First Thing

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.

Beijing and Billie Jean King share 1 reportAnthropic and Meta share 1 reportCalifornia and Meta share 1 reportFirst ThingMetaMeta - 2 shared reports (organization)AfDAfD - 1 shared report (organization)AnthropicAnthropic - 1 shared report (organization)AxonAxon - 1 shared report (organization)BeijingBeijing - 1 shared report (place)Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King - 1 shared report (person)BrazilBrazil - 1 shared report (place)Brett Kavan…Brett Kavanaugh - 1 shared report (person)CaliCali - 1 shared report (place)CaliforniaCalifornia - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

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

641 outlets1 report names First Thing29 Jul – 10 Nov

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

248 outlets1 report names First Thing26 Aug – 10 Nov

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

205 outlets1 report names First Thing6 Aug – 9 Nov

Lula da Silva formally launches bid for Brazil's presidency

149 outlets1 report names First Thing3 Aug – 7 Nov

Massive earthquake strikes Colombia

134 outlets1 report names First Thing10 Aug – 14 Sept

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

86 outlets1 report names First Thing8 Aug – 9 Sept

Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by an alleged Chinese spy

79 outlets1 report names First Thing29 Oct – 10 Nov

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

Kushner pushes back on CNN report about Israeli investments tied to military

23 outlets1 report names First Thing1 Oct – 6 Nov

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

21 outlets1 report names First Thing24 Sept – 5 Nov

Israel using US-made electroshock weapons on Palestinian detainees

2 outlets1 report names First Thing22 Oct

People they appear with

Billie Jean King1Brett Kavanaugh1Chinese businesswoman1Elon Musk1Flávio Bolsonaro1Jair Bolsonaro1

Places in the same coverage

Beijing1Brazil1Cali1California1Colombia1Europe1

Organisations in the same coverage

Meta2AfD1Anthropic1Axon1Congress1Democratic candidates1Facebook1Israeli forces1

Who keeps naming them

The Guardian World12

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