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FB AI training - Meta-ExternalAgent#212

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FB is using public websites for AI training:
XXX 57.141.0.13 - - [28/Nov/2024:12:03:57 +0100] "GET /?fbclid=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HTTP/2.0" 200 285 "-" "meta-externalagent/1.1 (+https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/crawler)"

user agent "meta-externalagent" - so we should block this.

This is confirmed by FB:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers

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To enable the "meta-externalagent" rule is necessary remove (or change) this rule:

BrowserMatchNoCase "(?:\b)developers.facebook.com(?:\b)" good_bot

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@giterlizzi How you recommend to edit this correctly?
BrowserMatchNoCase "(?:\b)developers.facebook.com(?:\b)" good_bot

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