Twitter embroiled in gender- bias, hiring practices suit

San Francisco

TWO hot issues in Silicon Valley - the lack of diversity and the battle for talent - have collided at Twitter Inc.

Less than a year after the Valley's male-dominated culture gained worldwide attention in a discrimination case involving the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a similar suit against Twitter has also highlighted long-standing questions about how technology companies vie for employees.