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British Columbia Sues OpenAI, Saying One Phone Call Could Have Stopped the Tumbler Ridge Shooting
The province of British Columbia filed suit in California on September 21 over the February 10, 2026 Tumbler Ridge school shooting that killed eight, alleging OpenAI's safety team flagged shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar's conversations about gun violence but never contacted police. OpenAI confirmed the account was flagged by systems detecting misuse in furtherance of violent activity but said it did not meet internal criteria for law-enforcement referral. BC seeks damages for emergency response and recovery costs plus a court order forcing OpenAI to overhaul how it handles violent-threat conversations; more than 30 family members filed separate California federal suits earlier.
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