> And if so, what level of fame does someone have to have before it's legal to say what you think about them in public? Obviously subjective and would be deter

> And if so, what level of fame does someone have to have before it's legal to say what you think about them in public? Obviously subjective and would be determined in a court of law (public figure vs not a public figure). And besides, there are still limits to that regardless. If you publish a damaging lie about a public figure, they can sue you for very large amounts of money as they see fit. For example, if you're the NY Times and you print that a very famous actor is a pedo, and do so without enormous amounts of proof, prepare for an epic lawsuit that you will lose badly.