Repository: youtube-dl
Issue: [Facebook] Cannot parse data: unable to download
Labels: broken-IE

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## Checklist

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- [x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
- [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17**
- [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
- [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
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## Verbose log

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 [debug] System config: []
 [debug] User config: []
 [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKcj']
 [debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
 [debug] Python version 2.7.11 - Windows-2003Server-5.2.3790-SP2
 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-75573-g1d0487f, ffprobe N-75573-g1d0487f, rtmpdump 2.4
 [debug] Proxy map: {}
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```
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-F', '--verbose', 'https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=444624393796648']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.9.7 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n5.0-4-g911d7f167c-20220322, ffprobe n5.0-4-g911d7f167c-20220322
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 444624393796648: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: 444624393796648
[facebook] playlist 444624393796648: Collected 0 video ids (downloading 0 of them)
[download] Finished downloading playlist: 444624393796648
```


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Hi there. Thanks in advance for your help. I'm trying to download a [video](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=444624393796648) from Facebook, but youtube-dl threw this error:

```
ERROR: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see  https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
```

Here is the line I entered in the command prompt:

```
youtube-dl -F --verbose https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=444624393796648
```
The same error is thrown with the ```-F``` tag removed.

Your help is greatly appreciated and helps with human rights investigations.

Best,
Brian