First Thing: Meta agrees to make sweeping changes to apps for teens | Martin Belam
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First Thing: Meta agrees to make sweeping changes to apps for teens | Martin Belam

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The Guardian27 Lúnasa 2026Féach Foinse

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Meta endrer appene sine for å beskytte tenåringer.

Meta is changing its apps to protect teenagers.

endrer→changesappene→the appssine→its/theirfor→toå→to (infinitive marker)beskytte→protecttenåringer→teenagers
Selskapet ble saksøkt av mange stater i USA.

The company was sued by many states in the USA.

selskapet→the companyble→wassaksøkt→suedav→bymange→manystater→statesi→in
De må betale atten milliarder dollar etter en rettssak.

They must pay eighteen billion dollars after a trial.

må→mustbetale→payatten→eighteenmilliarder→billiondollar→dollarsetter→afteren→arettssak→trial/lawsuit
Instagram og Facebook får nå nye grenser for bruk.

Instagram and Facebook are now getting new limits for use.

og→andfår→getnå→nownye→newgrenser→limitsbruk→use
Unge brukere får faste pauser om natten som standard.

Young users get fixed breaks at night as the standard.

unge→youngbrukere→usersfaste→fixed/setpauser→breaksom→during/innatten→the nightsom→as
Stater sa at appene gjorde unge mennesker triste og syke.

States said that the apps made young people sad and sick.

stater→statessa→saidat→thatappene→the appsgjorde→madeunge→youngmennesker→peopletriste→sadog→andsyke→sick
Meta sier at de ikke har gjort noe galt.

Meta says that they have not done anything wrong.

sier→saysat→thatikke→nothar→havegjort→donenoe→anything/somethinggalt→wrong
Nå vil selskapet at andre sosiale medier gjør det samme.

Now the company wants other social media to do the same.

nå→nowvil→wants/willselskapet→the companyat→thatandre→othersosiale→socialmedier→mediagjør→dodet→the/itsamme→same
Dette er en stor forandring for alle i bransjen.

This is a big change for everyone in the industry.

dette→thiser→isen→astor→bigforandring→changealle→everyone/alli→inbransjen→the industry
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beskytte
protect
"Vi må beskytte barna på internett."
grenser
limits/boundaries
"Det er viktig å sette grenser for skjermtid."
saksøkt
sued
"Selskapet ble saksøkt for mye penger."
standard
default/standard
"De nye innstillingene er standard for alle."
rettssak
trial/lawsuit
"Denne rettssaken varte i mange uker."
forandring
change
"Vi ser en stor forandring i samfunnet."
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