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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris and agency

UK firm not racist for rejecting Chinese applicant over security concerns, tribunal rules

A warning sign says: 'Danger, MOD property. Keep out.'
Binary AI had had a contract with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down and the Ministry of Defence to develop AI. Photograph: Martin Argles/The Guardian

Refusing to give a job to Chinese and Russian people in companies that deal with issues of national security and require security clearance is not racist, an employment tribunal has ruled.

It is not discriminatory to stop people from “hostile” states taking up certain jobs in the defence sector because of the risk to British security, the judgment says.

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