Usually means: Misleading portrayal violating personal privacy.
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  3. False Light, False light: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (false light)

noun:  (idiomatic, countable) A point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact.
noun:  (law, uncountable) A cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person.

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