Refusing to employ Chinese and Russians in sensitive national security jobs is not discrimination because they might be spies, a tribunal has ruled.
It is not discriminatory to stop people from nations that pose a threat to Britain taking up certain jobs in the defence sector due to the possibility of espionage, the judgement suggests.
The precautionary measure applies to potential job candidates from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran - four nations currently viewed as threats by Western allies.
The new ruling comes after a Chinese scientist sued a British AI company with ties to the UK and US defence departments when she was not given a job due to security concerns.
Tianlin Xu applied for a £220,000 lead AI role at Binary AI Ltd but the software company's young tech boss Dr James Patrick-Evans had to reject her.
