Twitter Was Too Aggressive in Banning Some Accounts, Admits CEO

Twitter has been too harsh at times when it comes to banning accounts in the wake of alleged political bias, harassment, hate speech or other policy violations on its platform, CEO Jack Dorsey has admitted.

Appearing on comedian Joe Rogan's podcast, Dorsey said the platform has been too aggressive in banning certain accounts.

"Dorsey told Rogan that the company had researched the incidents, finding there were "thousands and thousands' of tweets being directed at a small number of journalists and that many of those sending them were accounts that had been specifically created to evade a ban," Fox News reported late Wednesday.

Twitter Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde said that the company would learn from its past mistakes.

Twitter has been accused by the governments - from the US to India - of allowing political bias to flourish on its platform while banning certain right-wing or conservative accounts hurriedly.