OpenAI triggers revelation of British Columbia privacy probe as it aims to block it
By Mike Swift ( October 28, 2026, 22:14 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI is asking British Columbia’s Supreme Court to quash a privacy investigation by the Canadian province's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner into ChatGPT’s interactions with a teen involved in mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, BC. The company argues the regulator exceeded its authority by looking into an online safety issue and duplicated an earlier probe. OpenAI's move to block the OIPC investigation triggered the privacy watchdog to publicly announce the investigation, which began in June.As OpenAI faces an investigation by British Columbia’s privacy regulator over ChatGPT’s interactions with a shooter in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in Canada this year, OpenAI is moving to quash the privacy watchdog’s investigation in a provincial court....
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