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  "id": 9026097,
  "title": "British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shooting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/british-columbia-sues-openai-over-tumbler-ridge-school-shooting-9026097",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-21T22:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
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    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/british-columbia-sues-openai-over-tumbler-ridge-school-shooting-6400766"
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  "account": "On September 21, British Columbia filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in California, alleging that the company could have prevented the Tumbler Ridge school shooting if it had alerted local law enforcement about the shooter's use of ChatGPT to plan the massacre. The province is seeking damages for recovery costs and an order to change OpenAI's handling of ChatGPT conversations that could lead to violence. Nine people, mostly children, were killed in the February attack in Tumbler Ridge. The shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, had been flagged by OpenAI's safety team after expressing concerns about gun violence, but the company did not notify the police. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued an apology and promised reforms, but these were never implemented despite the province's efforts to engage with the company. The lawsuit follows multiple other cases filed against OpenAI in the US over claims that ChatGPT facilitated violence, including a mass shooting at Florida State University last year.",
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        "title": "B.C. launches lawsuit against OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge mass shooting",
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        "title": "British Columbia sues OpenAI for alleged safety violations and negligence for failing to flag the Tumbler Ridge shooting suspect's ChatGPT activity to police (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)",
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        "title": "Canada’s BC sues OpenAI over ChatGPT role in Tumbler Ridge school shooting",
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        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "British Columbia sues OpenAI in US court over Canada school shooting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/british-columbia-sues-openai-in-us-court-over-canada-school-shooting",
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        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Canadian province sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shooting",
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