Meta AI detects ‘distress’ video, sends suicide alert to UP Police, helps saves woman’s life
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Meta AI became the saviour of a 22-year-old woman who attempted suicide in Uttar Pradesh. The video was shared on the social media platform, appreciating Meta’s quick response, which enabled the police to act quickly at the right time and save her.
In collaboration with Meta AI, UP Police have saved up to 460 lives.
It all started from a post by a 22-year-old woman residing in the small village of Sultanpur in Lucknow, which comes under Nigoha Police Station.
In the post, she shared a video on her Instagram handle attempting to commit suicide at 12:11 pm. “In her post, the woman shared her video in which she was seen standing on a chair, with a red-coloured dupatta tied from the ceiling fan to her neck, preparing for suicide. Within moments after the video was shared, we received an alert from Meta AI marking the video under the distressed category. The alert was received immediately, and subsequently, we forwarded the alert to the respective police station,” the UP police official asserted.
Notified of the suicide alert, the police at Nigoha station took immediate action and rushed to her house at the address mentioned in the alert.
“It took around 4 minutes for the team, headed by Station-in-Charge Anuj Tiwari, to reach the given address. The team reached outside the woman’s house at 12:15 pm and rushed immediately inside her house and rescued her,” said Rajnish Verma, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mohanlalganj, adding that the girl’s condition remained stable.
In the investigation, police found the reason for attempting this devastating step was her love marriage in an Arya Samaj temple with a man known as Aman.
They were together for four months. He refused to stay any longer, which led to their separation. The rejection from her love of life was more than she could bear, which drove her to think of suicide.
“A case has also been registered against the man for abetment to suicide. The video of the suicide attempt has also been deleted from the woman’s social media page,” said the ACP.
This is not the first time Meta helped the police save a life.
Any hint of suicide on a public platform, Meta instantly reacts and sends the intel to the DGP headquarters with all the necessary credentials. This operation works 24/7.
(With inputs from agencies)
