usp=embed_facebook at end of Google Drive URLS added via Zotero Chrome extension

When I add google drive links via the zotero extension for Chrome, they often have usp=embed_facebook at the end of it. I know this is a Zotero issue since the link before adding it via the extension does not have this ending to the link.

Some other context: these are brand new google docs that are being added to Zotero. To troubleshoot, I just created a new google doc with nothing in it, and added it to Zotero via the extension, and it indeed comes up with the usp=embed_facebook.

Original link in browser:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U6yl-YSNqTKXON2ULzwQVOYo1BWTNsUy0hZWRh78Tpw/edit?usp=sharing

Link when added to Zotero via extension: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1U6yl-YSNqTKXON2ULzwQVOYo1BWTNsUy0hZWRh78Tpw/edit?usp=drive_web&usp=embed_facebook

Has anyone else had issues with this? How would I go by fixing it?
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited 2 days ago
    Zotero obviously doesn't add Facebook tracking parameters to links you save.

    It's just using embedded metadata, and the og:url on the Google Docs page includes that parameter:

    <meta property="og:url" content="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U6yl-YSNqTKXON2ULzwQVOYo1BWTNsUy0hZWRh78Tpw/edit?usp=sharing&amp;pli=1&amp;authuser=0&amp;usp=embed_facebook">

    I don't know if that's something Google is doing (I'm not sure why it would be) or has to do with how you originally created the document (e.g., related to some other browser extension that's adding Facebook tracking info), but Zotero is just saving what the page identifies as its own canonical URL.
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