The anti-social network

• Autores: Soraya Chemaly
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3031, 2015, págs. 16-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ugly trending hashtags, personal attack, pornified images and death threats are not usually part of a corporate departure. But they were for Ellen Pao, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent women. She resigned as interim CEO of Reddit in the wake of a user revolt that, in part, began with the firing of Victoria Taylor, popular manager of the company's Ask Me Anything forum, and ended in a petition demanding Pao's exit. Here, Chemaly discusses the gender gap in the tech industry and online attacks on women that are inextricably linked