OpenAI Files Judicial Review Against British Columbia Privacy Order

OpenAI has initiated a judicial review in the British Columbia Supreme Court to contest an order from the province's privacy commissioner. The agency had previously demanded the company release information concerning its interactions with Jesse Van Rootselaar, who carried out a mass shooting in February 2026.

The investigation, which began in June, seeks to determine how the company's policies and applications may have interacted with the shooter. Officials are specifically looking into whether the platform's responses could have influenced the perpetrator's actions.

Although OpenAI disabled the account in June 2025 due to flagged behavior, the company did not inform police at the time. The incident resulted in the deaths of eight individuals, including five students and an educational assistant.

In addition to the privacy office's probe, the B.C. government and several families of the victims are pursuing separate legal actions against the California-based tech firm.