It's completely true. I do recruiting for non-tech roles (sales, marketing, design). A few years ago, I'd visit a foreign university, and they'd see USA on my badge, and would start flocking to me. Now all I get is heckling about sexism and stealing people's data. We really need to clean up our act.
I followed HN rules on the title, but I think a less click-baity title would better describe the real research behind the article:
The world's attitude on America's new cultural export: Internet tech