On Thursday, the (ECJ) — the on matters of European Union (EU) law — ruled in  the case "Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek vs. Facebook Ireland Limited". The Luxembourg-based court issued a judgement in favor of the plaintiff, , a politician from Austria, instructing social media site Facebook to remove a post from its site made by a user in Ireland. The ruling made proclamations which analysts say could have far-reaching implications for regulation of content on the Internet beyond the borders of the EU. The court's decision cannot be appealed. Glawischnig-Piesczek sued in Austria for and won. Facebook was ordered to remove the post which it did by making it unavailable to view in Austria only. This apparently did not appease Glawischnig-Piesczek. As a result, the (Oberster Gerichtshof ) of Austria brought the case before the ECJ  . The EU law provides liability protections for hosting sites. In its finding, the ECJ made a ruling which not only demanded this particular post be deleted but set rules for compliance with rulings from a court from EU member nations for any website which hosts user content:
On Thursday, the (ECJ) — the on matters of European Union (EU) law — ruled in regard to the case "Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek vs. Facebook Ireland Limited". The Luxembourg-based court issued a judgement favorable to the plaintiff, , a politician in Austria, allowing an Austrian court to require social media site Facebook to remove a post from its site made by a user in Ireland. The ruling made proclamations which analysts say could have far-reaching implications for regulation of content on the Internet beyond the borders of the EU. The court's decision cannot be appealed. Glawischnig-Piesczek sued in Austria for and won. Facebook was ordered to remove the post which it did by making it unavailable to view in Austria only. This apparently did not appease Glawischnig-Piesczek. As a result, the (Oberster Gerichtshof ) of Austria brought the case before the ECJ , asking for clarifications of EU law . The EU law provides liability protections for hosting sites. In its finding, the ECJ set rules for compliance with rulings from a court from any EU member nation for any website which hosts user content:
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