Born in
Villach,
Carinthia, Glawischnig attended
gymnasium in
Spittal an der Drau and took her
Matura exams there. Glawischnig worked as a legal adviser for from 1992 until 1996. and became vice-chairperson of the Austrian Green Party in 2002. On 3 October 2008, Glawischnig became the Greens' federal spokeswoman following
Alexander Van der Bellen's resignation. On 18 May 2017, she resigned as the Greens' federal spokeswoman and retired from politics, citing personal reasons. She has been working for an international gambling company
Novomatic since 2018.
Lawsuit against Facebook In 2016, Glawischnig requested Facebook to remove a post criticizing her in sharp terms. After Facebook failed to remove the post, she brought a claim in Vienna court, Eva Glawischnig-Pieszcek v. Facebook Ireland. The case became an important legal question of whether a court in the
European Union could compel a social media company to globally censor a user's posting, even for viewers outside of the EU's jurisdiction. On 3 October 2019 the Court of Justice for the European Union decided that an Austrian court could indeed order the global removal of the offensive posts, and all future posts similar to them that are designed to defame Glawishnig. Supporters of the Court's landmark ruling believe it empowers online users to defend themselves against defamation or other online abuse, while critics have called out the possibility of mass censorship due to the challenging nature of online rule enforcement. ==References==