Unable to download Facebook private video

[yousef-kas133]

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youtube-dl - v "https://www.facebook.com/yousef.leaue.65/videos/143454699809423/" --username **** --password ****
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.facebook.com/yousef.leaue.65/
videos/143454699809423/', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.14
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-2012ServerR2-6.3.9600
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-90313-gb173e03536, ffprobe N-90313-gb173e03536
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] Downloading login page
[facebook] Logging in
[facebook] 143454699809423: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 143454699809423: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Ma
ke sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sur
e to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 440, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\facebook.py", line 422, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmph71axfm2\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\facebook.py", line 337, in _extract_from_url
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Cannot parse data; please report this issue on
https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtub
e-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and inclu
de its complete output.
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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

The problem is when i want to download a private video from facebook but its not working anymore, i tried to download a public video without logging in but it worked, please take a look at the log.

[yousef-kas133]

Could you please give me an specific time till it get fixed?

[dstftw]

No ETA.