Twitter is complying with more government requests to censor content on its platform, including requests from authoritarian countries, according to data compiled by the nonprofit organization Rest of World. The data reveals that since Elon Musk took over, Twitter has approved 83% of requests to restrict content, up from around 51% under the previous leadership.…

China has a new ambassador to the United States. His name is Xie Feng. He spent time in Washington earlier in his career, and was most recently the vice foreign minister in charge of overseeing policy toward the U.S. Both China and the U.S. hope Xie’s experience will help improve diplomatic relations between the two…

President Joe Biden is meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as the two sides aim to reach a deal regarding the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid a potential default. And officials from the European Union have hit Facebook parent company Meta with a record fine over data protection violations. These stories and more highlight…