Channel 5 Gave Subscriber Emails to Hunter Biden
Channel 5, a YouTube channel run by Andrew Callaghan, says it handed its newsletter subscriber emails to Hunter Biden. Biden asked to use the list to promote his new cryptocurrency. According to Channel 5, none of Hunter's emails have been sent yet, but a privacy lawyer told 404 Media that handing over user data for marketing probably breaks European data rules and possibly California's. The channel is facing serious blowback.
- Channel 5 confirmed sharing the actual emails with Biden
- Biden planned to use them to promote a cryptocurrency
- No marketing emails sent to subscribers yet, Channel 5 claims
- Privacy experts say this likely violates data protection laws
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