From Elon Musk to Tim Cook, tech leaders hardly follow women on Twitter
by Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco from on (#1X07H)
Until Tuesday, the Tesla boss didn't follow any women on Twitter. The heads of Apple, Google, and Microsoft aren't much better
Confusing the real world with the slice of reality reflected by one's social media accounts is a mistake political reporters and partisans make every day. Algorithms and selection bias have conspired to drastically narrow the world wide web for must of us.
But for many of the tech industry's moguls, the world reflected in their Twitter timelines is bizarrely similar to the bizarre societies they have created in their companies: very, very male.
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