A facebook algorithm to prevent suicides and self harm, the Mumbai police's Cyber Cell and the Dhule police got together to save the life of a 23-year-old man who tried to commit suicide on Sunday. The man, who slashed his neck several times with a sharp-edged instrument, was on Facebook live. The technology conglomerate's international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, after being alerted by its algorithm, informed the Mumbai police's Cyber Cell DCP Dr Rashmi Karandikar immediately and within an hour, he was traced.

The race against time to save him began when Karandikar received a call. "On Sunday at around 8:10 pm I received a call from an officer of Facebook's international headquarters in Ireland, saying a man near Mumbai was trying to commit suicide. He was seen in a video slashing his throat four to five times with a sharp-edged instrument. The officer shared the man's video and Facebook account details," said Karandikar.