Update: After this story was published, Meta restored The Bloomingtonian’s Facebook page following an appeal. Jeremy Hogan shared an email from Facebook stating the page had been republished and was publicly viewable again. However, the page still appears to have restricted monetization. Hogan says he also appears to have lost his Facebook subscribers. WFHB News will continue following this story and have more information in upcoming broadcasts.

Facebook has suspended the Bloomingtonian’s page after alleging the local news outlet engaged in “inauthentic behavior.” In today’s featured interview, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Bloomingtonian founder Jeremy Hogan about the suspension, how it has affected the outlet’s reach and what the incident reveals about the challenges facing independent local news outlets.