Inside Track
YouTube Hiring Software Engineers With Ties to Communist China
The presence at YouTube of a number of software engineers who have formerly worked for Chinese Communist Party-run institutions raises concerns about China’s influence on a major American platform and, by extension, on American elections.
One software engineer who has worked at YouTube since May of 2019, Tai Jinjiang, formerly worked as a project manager for Guanghzou Shian Technology.
According to Jinjiang’s LinkedIn page, his work for the China-based firm involved playing a “major role in successful PLA certification of ShiAn terminal by Ministry of Public Security, State Secrecy Bureau, and IT Evaluation Center.”
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