Family of child injured in Canada school shooting sues OpenAI

fidotron 11 points 2 comments March 10, 2026
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fidotron

"The civil lawsuit, brought by Gebala's mother Cia Edmonds, alleges Rootselaar set up an account with ChatGPT before she turned 18 - something users can do with parental consent. The plaintiffs allege no age verification took place on the site." And this is how Canada will join the mandatory ID for everything online party.

nullpoint420

As tragic as this is, IMO, this should not be the justification for mandatory age verification. We need to figure out why young people resort to these extremes and fix that.

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