In this photo illustration, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joins Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces to formally announce his run for the Republican nomination for president to on May 24, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson/Getty Images Elon Musk has approved more government requests for censorship on Twitter than his predecessor. A "free speech absolutist," Musk previously said he'd only censor Russian news "at gunpoint." Now facing criticism over Twitter's track record, he says there's no "actual choice" but to comply. After less than a year running the social media site, Elon Musk, who once said he'd only comply with governmental requests to censor content on his platforms "at gunpoint," now says Twitter has no "actual choice" but to do so.Under Musk's leadership, Twitter approved 83% more requests for censorship from authoritarian governments like Turkey and India than before his takeover in October of last year, El Pais reported.When Matthew Yglesias, a Bloomberg columnist, tweeted the article on Sunday with a caption quoting Musk calling himself a "free speech absolutist," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO bristled and shot back: "You're such a numbskull.