Channel 5 hands subscriber emails to Hunter Biden, prompting privacy backlash

Channel 5 said it provided Hunter Biden with a CSV of its email subscribers to help him promote a new memecoin. Privacy experts say sharing subscriber data with a third party for direct marketing likely breaches GDPR and could violate California privacy notices; the move contradicts Channel 5’s stated policies and has sparked backlash, with the channel offering no public comment as of publication.