Republican lawmakers are attempting to ban the use of a Chinese-owned tutoring company by U.S. military service members and their families to prevent information from being “exposed to the Chinese Communist Party.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) unveiled the Ban Chinese Communist Party Access to U.S. Military Students Act on Thursday, specifically targeting the service Tutor.com.
The online tutoring company, which offers services to students in fourth grade through college, is owned by Primavera Capital Group, one of China’s leading investment firms.
The group has also notably invested in ByteDance, the Chinese Communist Party-backed company behind the social media app TikTok.
The Department of Defense (DOD) has had a contract with Tutor.com since 2022 so military families can use it, reports Just the News.
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