'Thought police' fears as anti-trans views branded 'false and misleading information' in official report

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Anti-transgender views have been labelled "misinformation" in a Government-commissioned report.The 136-page document, produced by academics for the Office for Science, outlines how ministers can use pyschology to fight so-called "false" narratives.It even recommends these techniques be applied in schools and public messaging.Published in May, the research identifies 11 categories of "misleading information" circulating in Britain, drawing on data from EU-funded fact-checkers.One of those is "anti-LGBTQ+ narratives, 'gender ideology' claims targeting schools and public institutions, Pride event misrepresentation and transgender athlete controversies".Among the examples is coverage of Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, with claims about the athlete's biological sex listed as potential "racist or Islamophobic misinformation."Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 World Boxing Championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for allegedly failing gender eligibility tests."I'm not...

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