Luke Vargas

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Our supervising producer is Sandra Kilhoff, and I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

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In a landmark verdict, Netta is found liable for allowing adults to prey on children.

Plus, mediators push the U.S.

and Iran to talk, though the sides remain far apart.

The Iranians haven't responded.

And China's Communist Party cracks down...

on wine.

It's Wednesday, March 25th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

Meta has been found liable for failing to protect young people from a range of online dangers, including sexually explicit content, solicitation, and human trafficking.

That was the conclusion of a New Mexico jury yesterday, a verdict partially read out here by Judge Brian Beechield.

I asked journal tech reporter Sam Schechner to help untangle the verdict.

You told me offline, Sam, that there's a bit of a split happening here.

These social media companies are under pressure sort of globally right now.

But how that is being pursued in the U.S.

has some distinctly American features compared to what we're seeing elsewhere.

That was Journal Tech reporter Sam Schechner in Paris.