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A '''public figure''' is a person, such as a [[politician]], [[celebrity]], [[social media personality]], or business leader, who has a certain [[social position]] within a certain scope and a significant influence and so is often widely of concern to the public, can benefit enormously from society, and is closely related to [[public interest]]s in society.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ferrari|first=Anne|date=2016-08-10|title=Using Celebrities in Abnormal Psychology as Teaching Tools to Decrease Stigma and Increase Help Seeking|journal=Teaching of Psychology|language=en|volume=43|issue=4|pages=329–333|doi=10.1177/0098628316662765|s2cid=152067069}}</ref>

In the context of [[defamation]] actions (libel and slander) as well as [[invasion of privacy]], a public figure cannot succeed in a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements in the [[United States]] unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted with [[actual malice]] by knowing the falsity or by reckless disregard for the truth.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shiffrin|first=Steven H.|title=The First Amendment|year=2006|publisher=Thomson/ West|location=St. Paul, MN|isbn=978-0-314-16256-4|pages=58–60}}</ref> The legal [[burden of proof (law)|burden of proof]] in defamation actions is thus higher in the case of a public figure than in the case of an ordinary person.

[[English defamation law|Libel]] laws vary considerably on this matter from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Even within a cultural grouping, the libel laws of the UK are quite different from those in the US, for example.
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