Facebot — What It Is and How to Handle It

Facebot is Facebook's web crawler that fetches content for sharing on Facebook, including Open Graph metadata for link previews.

Operator: Facebot | Type: Social Media | Category: Social Media

Facebot is classified as social media. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects Facebot using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.