There's a great deal of difference between "You must hire from this government-operated job training program" and "You must hire this person. No, really, this g

There's a great deal of difference between "You must hire from this government-operated job training program" and "You must hire this person. No, really, this guy." In any case, this is irrelevant. The linked document says that Russia, Nigeria, India + one redacted government sought to force Twitter to hire local FTEs "that could be used as leverage", no mention of providing candidates or anything. It looks less like trying to embed agents in Twitter and more like wanting Twitter employees they could pressure, arrest, and punish without causing a diplomatic clusterfuck. India jailing an American citizen forces the US government to intervene, and said US citizen would've fled the country long before things got that tense anyway. A citizen of their own country, on the other hand, can be much more easily contained, and when push comes to shove, the US won't do much for a foreign national who only happens to work for Twitter.