…Twitter…will face legal pushback for gender discrimination. A former female software engineer at Twitter filed a class action lawsuit this week claiming the company's promotion process unlawfully favors men…[The] class action suit…alleges: ”Promotion…is based on subjective judgments, by committees that are comprised of and dependent on upper management…and predominantly male. These judgments are tainted with…prejudices and gender-based stereotypes, which explains why so few women employees…advance to senior and leadership positions.” Twitter…maintains that [the employee] left the company on her own terms. "Ms. Huang resigned voluntarily from Twitter, after our leadership tried to persuade her to stay. She was not fired. Twitter is deeply committed to a diverse and supportive workplace, and we believe the facts will show Ms. Huang was treated fairly."…[Also refers to Facebook, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers]