FacebookBot
Tier 2Collects data for speech recognition and AI training.
User-Agent Token
FacebookBotRespects robots.txt
YesImpact Level
Major
100M+ users - Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Perplexity, xAI
Estimated Reach
100M+ users - Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Perplexity, xAI
🎯What is FacebookBot?
FacebookBot is an AI training crawler operated by Meta. Collects data to train AI models.
📊 How Your Data is Used
Voice AI training, accessibility features, general ML.
🚫 What Happens If You Block
Content won't be used for Meta's speech recognition or general AI training.
💡 Good to Know
Broader than just LLM training. Includes voice assistants and accessibility.
🏢About Meta
🛡️FacebookBot robots.txt Configuration
Control FacebookBot access to your website using robots.txt directives.
Block FacebookBot
To completely block FacebookBot from crawling your site:
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /Allow FacebookBot Full Access
To explicitly allow FacebookBot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /Selective Access for FacebookBot
To allow FacebookBot but restrict certain directories:
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Allow: /✓ FacebookBot respects robots.txt directives.
FacebookBot User-Agent String
The user-agent token for FacebookBot is:
FacebookBot🌐Who Blocks FacebookBot?
Blocking (47 sites)
01net.com10best.com11freunde.de13abc.com1881.no20minutos.es4029tv.com47news.jp4vid.top588ku.com6abc.com8newsnow.comaachener-zeitung.deabc11.comabc13.comabc27.comabc4.comabc7chicago.comabc7.comabc7news.comabc7ny.comabcnews.comabendblatt.deabout.comaccountingtools.comacmepackingcompany.comacog.orgactionnews5.comactu.fradactio.comadm-nao.ruadnuntius.comadressa.noadvrider.comadweek.comadzuna.comadzuna.co.ukaeroleads.comaerzteblatt.deafp.aiafr.comaftenbladet.noaftenposten.noaftonbladet.seaftvnews.comagoop.netagrarheute.com
Explicitly Allowing (3 sites)
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Check Your Site's AI Policy
See if you're blocking or allowing FacebookBot and other AI crawlers.