# Facebook fbclid pollution -- can it be prevented?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-fbclid-pollution-can-it-be-prevented/186459>\
**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-fbclid-pollution-can-it-be-prevented/186459 "2021-04-12T04:44:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-fbclid-pollution-can-it-be-prevented/186459/7 "2021-04-14T16:36:57Z")

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Thanks for the details. It seems that query parameters break Discourse permalink redirection. I’m not sure if that is expected to happen.

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