Facebook Suicide

A collaboration between Meta, which owns social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, and the Uttar Pradesh Police has prevented a total of 457 people from committing suicide during nearly 1.5 years, an official statement said.

A 38-year-old man allegedly died by suicide over the Maratha reservation demand in Pune district on Wednesday after conducting a Facebook Live session discussing the sensitive issue of quota allocations, police said.

The Kota police have tied up with Meta to identify students exhibiting suicidal tendencies on the company's social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, allowing for their timely intervention.

A man reportedly died by suicide during a Facebook Live after being blackmailed by his alleged girlfriend and her family members in Maharashtra's Nagpur, the police said.

A 45-year-old man shot himself dead in Rajasthan's Udaipur district after posting a note on social media in which he held both his wife and a woman he was in a relationship with responsible for it, police said.

Tirthanand Rao, who worked with actor Kapil Sharma in a comedy show, attempted suicide live on social media.

A 28-year-old temple priest allegedly ended his life by hanging himself here, police said.

A 27-year-old man from Maharashtra's Nagpur hanged himself while live-streaming the act on Facebook for almost 40 minutes in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

A 25-year-old man who live-streamed his suicide attempt on Facebook was saved by the swift intervention of the police in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri area, officials said on Tuesday.

A 23-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh went live on social media on Tuesday with one aim: to broadcast his attempt to die by suicide.

"I sent a formal proposal of marriage but, in front of everyone, she refused. Later her uncle came to me and said they will kill her because of our relationship," said Silchar resident Jaydeep Roy in Facebook live video

Facebook-parent Meta and Snap were sued over a teenager’s suicide in the latest effort by an advocacy group to hold the social media giants responsible for addiction to their platforms.

A trader in Uttar Pradesh went on Facebook live on Tuesday and took poison along with his wife, blaming heavy losses, in a disturbing video that has gone viral ahead of polls in the state.

A 43-year-old man live streamed his suicide attempt on Facebook and was saved by the swift intervention of the police here that were alerted by an e-mail from the social media giant Thursday, officials said.

A 22-year-old man allegedly attempted suicide in Nagpur in Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon after announcing on Facebook that he would live-stream the act, police said.

A collaboration between Meta, which owns social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, and the Uttar Pradesh Police has prevented a total of 457 people from committing suicide during nearly 1.5 years, an official statement said.

A 38-year-old man allegedly died by suicide over the Maratha reservation demand in Pune district on Wednesday after conducting a Facebook Live session discussing the sensitive issue of quota allocations, police said.

The Kota police have tied up with Meta to identify students exhibiting suicidal tendencies on the company's social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, allowing for their timely intervention.

A man reportedly died by suicide during a Facebook Live after being blackmailed by his alleged girlfriend and her family members in Maharashtra's Nagpur, the police said.

A 45-year-old man shot himself dead in Rajasthan's Udaipur district after posting a note on social media in which he held both his wife and a woman he was in a relationship with responsible for it, police said.

Tirthanand Rao, who worked with actor Kapil Sharma in a comedy show, attempted suicide live on social media.

A 28-year-old temple priest allegedly ended his life by hanging himself here, police said.

A 27-year-old man from Maharashtra's Nagpur hanged himself while live-streaming the act on Facebook for almost 40 minutes in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

A 25-year-old man who live-streamed his suicide attempt on Facebook was saved by the swift intervention of the police in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri area, officials said on Tuesday.

A 23-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh went live on social media on Tuesday with one aim: to broadcast his attempt to die by suicide.

"I sent a formal proposal of marriage but, in front of everyone, she refused. Later her uncle came to me and said they will kill her because of our relationship," said Silchar resident Jaydeep Roy in Facebook live video

Facebook-parent Meta and Snap were sued over a teenager’s suicide in the latest effort by an advocacy group to hold the social media giants responsible for addiction to their platforms.

A trader in Uttar Pradesh went on Facebook live on Tuesday and took poison along with his wife, blaming heavy losses, in a disturbing video that has gone viral ahead of polls in the state.

A 43-year-old man live streamed his suicide attempt on Facebook and was saved by the swift intervention of the police here that were alerted by an e-mail from the social media giant Thursday, officials said.

A 22-year-old man allegedly attempted suicide in Nagpur in Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon after announcing on Facebook that he would live-stream the act, police said.