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I feel like your answer not only ignores the entire premise of the article but also throws fuel on the power differential fire discussed within.

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He’s providing the unavoidable answer that the author feels is unfair - your reputation doesn’t belong to you, it belongs to everyone else.

She believes it’s unfair because powerful people are able shape hers. I suppose the alternative is to have our reputation determined by unbiased Facebook factcheckers.

So are you against all defamation lawsuits? This is more or less just an extension of that train of thought: people deserve to not have their reputation ruined unfairly by powerful structures. There's a big difference between gossip of people you know and a Hollywood movie.

This movie isn’t defamation. It doesn’t paint her as a murderer.

It paints her as dreaming of murdering her and asking a friend to "take care of her"

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