article_snippet: Does Facebook lean forward?
article_snippet: Not so much, claims one former employee who is suing the social networking giant for gender and race discrimination.
article_snippet: A Facebook spokesperson denied the allegations and told Recode that the company has made progress in matters related to gender, diversity, and equality. '
article_snippet: In this case the company have substantive disagreements on the facts,' A Facebook spokesperson said 'and the company believe the record shows the employee was treated fairly.'
article_snippet: As of 2014, 69 percent of Facebook's employees world-wide are male and 31 percent are female, according to Tech Republic.
article_snippet: A Facebook spokesperson denied the allegations and said that Hong was treated fairly .
article_snippet: A diversity report showed that more than half of the company's employees identify as white.
article_snippet: Some speculate that the high-profile gender discrimination case against Silicon Valley's venture capital firm will serve as precedent for other cases and may encourage women to come forward with similar claims, according to Recode.