N.S. content creator trying to get social media accounts back after Facebook hack

Megan Isenor, who ran a monetized Instagram page focusing on renovations, says she hasn't been able to contact anyone at the company to get her account back.

A Nova Scotia realtor and content creator is trying to regain control of her social media accounts after hackers took over her Facebook and posted images that got her banned.

For the last three years, Megan Isenor ran a monetized Instagram page focusing on budget-friendly DIY renovations, which had about 5,500 followers at the time it was shut down.

“Which doesn’t seem like a ton, but to me it’s just the fact that all the work I’ve done over the last few years is just gone now,” said Isenor.

Last weekend, Isenor was on a trip to New Brunswick when she got a message from an Instagram follower asking if her Facebook had been hacked.

She signed into Facebook, where she got a message telling her she had posted something that violated its community standards guidelines and her account had been disabled.

“At that point, I had no idea what was posted at all,” she said.

A friend later sent her a screenshot showing the hackers had posted imagery featuring the Islamic State flag.

The pictures weren’t posted to her Instagram account, but that was shut down too since the accounts were linked.