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Facebook Secret to See Whos Monitoring You is False

“Facebook Secrets: Want to See Who’s Monitoring Your Facebook? article”
False
Confidence: High Checked on March 24, 2026

Summary

Facebook does not provide any feature that lets you see who is monitoring or spying on your account. The rumor about using a “Facebook Security” block to reveal such users has been debunked, and the steps claimed in the article are not supported by Facebook’s official tools. Users can only manage who sees their content through privacy settings, not view a list of monitors.

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snopes.com
  • FACT CHECK: Are Facebook Users Secretly Following You?

    Instructions explain how to block Facebook users who are following you without your knowledge. ... In early January 2017 a rumor swept Facebook asserting that "Facebook security" people were being paid to watch individual accounts: According to that rumor, entering the term "Facebook Security" into Facebook's "block users" field would reveal a list of people whom the social network had engaged to furtively monitor your activity, and each of whom had to be individually blocked by you to prevent them from spying on you:

pcmag.com
  • 17 Hidden Facebook Features Only Power Users Know | PCMag

    If you have "friends" you don't want snooping on all your posts, restrict their access. Go to the profile page of the friend you want to restrict. Click the Friends button in gray, and select Edit Friends List > Restricted.

popsci.com
computer.howstuffworks.com
broadbandsearch.net
alphr.com
  • How to See Everything Facebook Knows About You

    For instance, index.htm is an archived version of your Facebook profile, including past relationships, jobs, and education institutions. You can view every photo you have uploaded along with all the EXIF data Facebook has on it – i.e., where and when it was taken and even where it was uploaded. You can even see everyone you have ever unfriended—sorry, guys. In fact, Facebook has kept track of every event you have ever attended, videos uploaded, locations and devices you have logged in from, the messages you have sent, the images it compiles for facial recognition, and even what advertising topics it thinks you prefer being served.

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medium.com

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