President Donald Trump’s far-right base often complains that big tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter are censoring conservative views and imposing a nefarious liberal ideology on America and the world.
But now it appears that the president’s moves on immigration may even the score a bit by shrinking tech giants’ talent pool.
“Numerous startups in the tech hub of Toronto say they have had steady, double-digit increases in job applications from the United States since last year’s presidential election,” online news site Axios reported Sept. 20.
“This is among the first concrete evidence that President Trump’s hard line on immigration may be impacting the global race to attract the best minds.”
Trump’s attacks on immigration, via Twitter and through executive order, have led France, China and Canada to work energetically at poaching techies and scientists who might otherwise end up in the U.S., according to Axios.
“Reports from Toronto suggest a threat to the United States’ (status) as the preeminent magnet for the world’s brightest scientific talent,” Axios reported.
The worldwide boom in artificial intelligence — a major focus for many Silicon Valley tech companies — has a power center in Toronto, where a 20-story startup incubator is sited across the street from a major university and close to nine research and teaching hospitals. Read the full story at SiliconBeat
