Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek

Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek
Glawischnig in 2006
Spokeswoman of the Green Party
In office 3 October 2008 – 18 May 2017
Preceded by	Alexander van der Bellen
Succeeded by	Ingrid Felipe
Personal details
Born	(1969-02-28) 28 February 1969 (age 55) Villach, Carinthia, Austria
Political party	Green Party (1992−2018)
Spouse	Volker Piesczek
Alma mater	University of Graz
Website	sustainability-consulting.at

Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek (born 28 February 1969 as Eva Glawischnig) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian Green Party, and its federal spokeswoman from 2008 until 2017. She was the plaintiff in the landmark case Eva Glawishnig-Piesczek v. Facebook Ireland, in which she sued Facebook for defamation to compel the social media company to globally censor the "defamatory and all equivalent" posts.^{[citation needed]}