Lily Jamali

You know, some of the congressional hearings have been, I would call them fireworks, for lack of a better term. They've been incendiary because you have lawmakers in the U.S. Senate, for example, demanding that people like Mark Zuckerberg apologize in front of parents who are at these hearings.

I don't think we're going to see that kind of showmanship. This is a trial that is really meant to get down to brass tacks to adjudicate the main legal argument, which really hinges on this legal provision from back in 1996.

The tech companies have long said that that provision protects them from what users post to their platforms. You know, they're the public square, not responsible for what people say there. But this case and a couple of other ones that we're following really will put that legal provision to the test. Because what they are saying is it's not about what users say, it's about the way that the...

Ja vain lyhyesti, what's at stake here? What could be the ramifications if the tech companies lose?

I think the biggest thing is that legal provision potentially no longer having the same power that it once gave to the companies. It's been a legal shield. It has kept so many cases out of court. When you move from saying that it's the user's fault to saying it's the company's fault and their design choices,

That could really change the legal game for these companies, so they're very concerned. And frankly, I think a lot of observers wouldn't be surprised if some other companies follow suit and make settlements like what we saw today. Lili Jamali in San Francisco. To Syria now. The government there has announced a fresh ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the SDF.

We have some details that come from a memo which I have viewed that was shared by TikTok CEO Shou Chu with employees today.

So what we know is that it will be, the U.S.

operations of TikTok will be majority owned by American investors.

These will include

Oracle, the cloud computing giant that happens to be chaired by Larry Ellison, who is a close ally of U.S.

President Donald Trump's.

MGX, the Emirati Investment Fund, is also going to own a stake here.

So that's of note.

The Chinese owner of TikTok will also hold on to about 20 percent of the operation.

This memo also talks about protecting Americans' data and U.S.

national security, which is why we got to where we are.

Recall that last year, Congress passed a law that required TikTok to either be sold to American investors or be banned.

And so what we're seeing here today is confirmation that that sale is in the works.

It will be consummated by January 22nd, we're told.