Publishing that sort of information would seem to fall within the legal tests protecting news organizations in the US, where celebrities, politicians, and others who have entered the public sphere have very limited ability to keep other parts of their lives secret, noted Andy Sellars, a lawyer and fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.“Public figures in general have a really hard time trying to bring a privacy claim,” he said.

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