diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
index 0c60d7c94..5331371c1 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default {
                             headers: {}
                         });
                     } else if (!!options.exposeStatusCode 
-                            && error.message === 'too_many_redirects') {
+                            && (error.message === 'too_many_redirects' || error === 'too_many_redirects')) {
 
                         cb(null, {
                             __statusCode: 508, // Hello Instagram, see #503
diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/providers.json b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/providers.json
index 830702844..47c4f5a0a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/providers.json
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/providers.json
@@ -1094,5 +1094,12 @@
         ],
         "endpoint": "https://display.apester.com/oembed/",
         "url": "https://renderer.apester.com/v2/{1}"
-    }
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Bitchute",
+        "templates": [
+            "bitchute.com/video/*"
+        ],
+        "endpoint": "https://api.bitchute.com/oembed/"
+    }    
 ]
diff --git a/plugins/custom/meta-fallback.js b/plugins/custom/meta-fallback.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56aee1333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/custom/meta-fallback.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+export default {
+
+    provides: 'meta',
+
+    getData: function(url, __statusCode, options, cb) {
+
+        return __statusCode !== 429 && __statusCode !== 403 &&__statusCode !== 508
+
+            ? cb({
+                responseStatusCode: __statusCode,
+            })
+
+            : cb(null, {
+                meta: {},
+                message: `${options.provider || 'Publisher'} is rate-limiting. Meta disabled.`
+            })
+    }
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js b/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js
index e05234d44..03fd2f83d 100644
--- a/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js
+++ b/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export default {
         'facebook.video'
     ],
 
+    mixins: ['meta-fallback'],
+
     getLink: function(url, __allowFBThumbnail, options, meta) {
 
         var thumbnail = meta.twitter?.image
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ export default {
             && options.getProviderOptions('facebook.thumbnail', true) && !/comment_id=/.test(oembed.html)) {
 
             options.followHTTPRedirect = true; // avoid security re-directs of URLs if any
+            options.exposeStatusCode = true;
+            options.provider = 'Facebook';
 
             return {
                 __allowFBThumbnail: true
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ export default {
 
     tests: [{
         noFeeds: true,
-        skipMethods: ['getData', 'getLink']
+        skipMethods: ['getData', 'getLink'],
+        skipMixins: ['meta-fallback']
     }]
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.video.js b/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.video.js
index 8127ba3bd..e7c14a68d 100644
--- a/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.video.js
+++ b/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.video.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export default {
         /^https?:\/\/(?:www|business)\.facebook\.com\/video\.php.*[\?&]v=(\d+)(?:$|&)/i,
         /^https?:\/\/(?:www|business)\.facebook\.com\/video\.php.*[\?&]id=(\d+)(?:$|&)/i,
         /^https?:\/\/(?:www|business)\.facebook\.com\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.]+\/videos\/(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\/)?(\d+)/i,
-        /^https?:\/\/(?:www|business)\.facebook\.com\/watch\/?\?(?:.+&)?v=(\d+)/i
+        /^https?:\/\/(?:www|business)\.facebook\.com\/watch\/?\?(?:.+&)?v=(\d+)/i,
+        /^https?:\/\/(?:www|business)\.facebook\.com\/reel\/(\d+)/i
     ],
 
     mixins: ["fb-error"],
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ export default {
 
     tests: [
         "http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=4253262701205&set=vb.1574932468&type=2",
-        "http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4253262701205&set=vb.1574932468&type=2&theater",
         "https://business.facebook.com/KMPHFOX26/videos/10154356403004012/",
         "https://www.facebook.com/sugarandsoulco/videos/1484037581637646/?pnref=story",
         "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=235613163792499",