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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada seeks answers from OpenAI for failing to alert police after suspending school shooter’s account

A memorial for the victims killed in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
A memorial for the victims killed in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

Canada’s artificial intelligence minister says he has summoned representatives from the technology company OpenAI after the company declined to alert police after suspending the account of a user who became the perpetrator of one of the country’s worst-ever school shootings.

Evan Solomon says he is “deeply disturbed” by reports that the company, which operates the popular ChatGPT chatbot, suspended the account of Jesse Van Rootselaar over the “furtherance of violent activities” in June 2025 but did not reach out to Canadian law enforcement.

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