A newspaper covering small, unincorporated communities along the McKenzie River in eastern Lane County is without one of its key tools for reaching community members, and the publisher is fighting to get it back.
On April 2, the Facebook page for the McKenzie River Reflections was hijacked, and the page name was changed to “Marketing AI Lexi.” While the posts made by Reflections remained, new posts focused on products to help companies market their products on Facebook.
Publisher Ken Engelman reported the issue, changed his password and added contact information to his account. But those actions failed to keep the hijackers out…