[citation needed] Born in Villach, Carinthia, Glawischnig attended gymnasium in Spittal an der Drau and took her Matura exams there.

[1] In that year she embarked on a career in regional politics for the Green Party of Vienna, later moving on to the federal level.

[3] On 3 October 2008, Glawischnig became the Greens' federal spokeswoman following Alexander Van der Bellen's resignation.

[4] On 18 May 2017, she resigned as the Greens' federal spokeswoman and retired from politics, citing personal reasons.

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.