{"id":2499619,"date":"2025-10-16T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/look-at-how-google-spews-misinformation-about-transgenderism\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:03:23","slug":"look-at-how-google-spews-misinformation-about-transgenderism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/look-at-how-google-spews-misinformation-about-transgenderism\/","title":{"rendered":"Look At How Google Spews Misinformation About Transgenderism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flook-at-how-google-spews-misinformation-about-transgenderism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article by Elle Purnell discusses concerns about children being socially pressured or influenced into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/st-louis-gender-clinic-advised-5th-grade-teacher-to-affirm-group-of-students-as-trans\/\" title=\"St. Louis Gender Clinic Advised 5th Grade Teacher To \u2018Affirm\u2019 Group Of Students As \u2018Trans\u2019\">adopting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famed-atheist-richard-dawkins-has-humanist-of-the-year-award-revoked-for-questioning-transgenderism\/\" title=\"Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins Has \u2018Humanist Of The Year\u2019 Award Revoked For Questioning ...ism\">transgender identities<\/a><\/a>, often described as a social contagion. Purnell argues that attempts to find stories reflecting this outlook are met with what she calls biased and propagandistic results from search engines like Google, which prioritize affirming and supportive narratives of transgender identity in children. She references studies from Brown University (2018) and Virginia Tech (2023) that suggest peer influence and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social acceptance play significant roles<\/a> in youth adopting transgender identities. purnell criticizes mainstream sources,such as the Mayo clinic and Human Rights Campaign,for encouraging parents to affirm children&#8217;s gender identities without questioning them and warns about the irreversible consequences of medical interventions like hormone treatments. The article also highlights Google&#8217;s refusal to remove what Purnell deems one-sided information, framing the debate around political correctness and concerns over free access to alternative viewpoints on gender dysphoria in youth.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There are a plethora of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-california-gender-identity-cdb790cc3059e71e22d86b8e7b445361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stories<\/a> of children being <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/article\/planned-parenthood-faces-lawsuit-rushing-teen-taking-cross-sex-hormones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pressured<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChoooCole\/status\/1557144387288571904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adopting<\/a> transgender personalities, but don&rsquo;t bother using Google to search for them. I tried, and the search engine spat out unsolicited propaganda and falsehoods about children and transgender identity.<\/p>\n<p>I searched for testimonies from young people who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-american-voters-say-transgender-movements-targeting-of-underage-minors-has-gone-too-far\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority Of American Voters Say ... Movement\u2019s Targeting of Underage Minors Has Gone Too Far\">adopted transgender identities<\/a> &ldquo;because it was cool&rdquo; &mdash; like the story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/tiktok-influencers-made-me-think-i-was-transgender-now-im-de-transitioning-says-montana-teen-girl-5448230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ash Eskridge<\/a>, a young woman who became convinced she was a boy after watching social media influencers promote transgenderism.<\/p>\n<p>But Google&rsquo;s AI tool brushes off the idea that transgender identities are often a social contagion, despite evidence to the contrary. A 2018 study from Brown University &mdash; which was quickly repressed after outrage from transgender ideologues &mdash; found that 87 percent of the children in question &ldquo;became gender dysphoric after friends did, after increasing their time online, or both,&rdquo; as my colleague Joy Pullmann <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/08\/31\/explosive-ivy-league-study-repressed-for-finding-transgender-kids-may-be-a-social-contagion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time. The study included examples of friend groups all adopting transgender identities together, and of kids being rewarded for transgender identities with social incentives like popularity and praise. Another study, by researchers at Virginia Tech in 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpsych.bmj.com\/content\/36\/3\/e100972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> girls who adopted transgender identities were &ldquo;more likely to be accepted by peers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I used Google to search for stories of children who were socially pressured into adopting transgender identities, and it spat out propaganda such as the ridiculous claim that toddlers can meaningfully identify as transgender. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1sxdJkAxpM\">pic.twitter.com\/1sxdJkAxpM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elle Reynolds Purnell (@_ellepurnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ellepurnell\/status\/1978836697019207686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The search engine would have you believe that children are not just capable of arbitrarily choosing their sex but of doing so before they graduate from diapers. &ldquo;Gender identity typically solidifies between ages 3 and 4,&rdquo; the AI overview claims. The hard scientific proof that your toddler&rsquo;s biology is actually backwards, it says, can be a &ldquo;girl playing with trucks or a boy preferring dolls.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>One of the sources collated by the AI summary is a Mayo Clinic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/healthy-lifestyle\/childrens-health\/in-depth\/children-and-gender-identity\/art-20266811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> that instructs parents to reinforce and show &ldquo;admiration&rdquo; for children who show an interest in stereotypically cross-sex behaviors. You can even &ldquo;help ease a child&rsquo;s depression and anxiety&rdquo; by socially transitioning them, say the Mayo Clinic staff. All of this so-called medical advice points to reinforcing a child&rsquo;s gender confusion, never challenging it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/05\/look-how-the-google-speech-police-scold-me-for-searching-the-term-illegal-alien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Look How The Google Speech Police Scold Me For Searching The Term &lsquo;Illegal Alien&rsquo;<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you think you know better than Google&rsquo;s slop aggregator, it scolds you for &ldquo;misunderstanding&rdquo; and falling for &ldquo;misinformation.&rdquo; Linked as a reference for that line is an ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/12-year-transgender-student-delivers-powerful-speech-school\/story?id=42361301#:~:text=Ari%20Bowman%2C%20a%2012%2Dyear%2Dold%20transgender%20middle%20schooler,if%20transgender%20people%20are%20not%20human%20beings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> about a 12-year-old whose mother allowed (or perhaps pressured?) her to give a speech to her local school board scolding people who &ldquo;think that genitalia will make someone uncomfortable&rdquo; in the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>A gender dysphoric child&rsquo;s &ldquo;gender identity is different from their gender assigned at birth,&rdquo; Google says, parroting the false claim that sex is just a random letter scrawled on birth certificates rather than a biological reality.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the search engine lectures us on the importance of &ldquo;supporting&rdquo; this destructive ideology that encourages kids to carve up their bodies and ingest synthetic hormones with irreversible consequences. Linked is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/transgender-children-and-youth-understanding-the-basics#:~:text=Simple%20Ways%20to%20Start%20Supporting%20Your%20Transgender%20Child&amp;text=Be%20your%20child%27s%20advocate%20%E2%80%93%20call,support%20and%20affirm%20your%20child.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> from the Human Rights Campaign, which repeats the common emotional blackmail tactic of telling parents their kids might kill themselves if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-resilience-being-tested-as-civilians-wait-for-irans-attack-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Israel\u2019s \u2018resilience being tested\u2019 as civilians wait for Iran\u2019s attack - Washington Examiner\">parents don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t fully endorse their gender delusions.<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist asked a Google representative whether it plans to remove the one-sided propaganda, which obscures the real stories users like me are looking for and spreads lies about sex and gender dysphoria. He responded asking for more details about the initial search but did not provide an answer by publication time.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Elle Purnell is the assignment editor at The Federalist. She has appeared on Fox Business and Newsmax, and her work has been featured by RealClearPolitics, the Tampa Bay Times, and the Independent Women&#8217;s Forum. She received her B.A. in government with a minor in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @_ellepurnell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many stories exist of kids pressured into transgender identities, but Google only shows biased propaganda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1353,"featured_media":2499622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/solen-feyissa-UWVJaDvXW_c-unsplash.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[50577,6063,32490,50738,12837],"class_list":["post-2499619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-disinformation-2","tag-google","tag-media-bias","tag-misinformation-2","tag-transgenderism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/solen-feyissa-UWVJaDvXW_c-unsplash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499624,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499619\/revisions\/2499624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}