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What is the first thing any minor attracted person hears online? “Get help!” “Seek therapy!” is usually the most polite thing you hear – if not death threats, calls for genocide, harassment, bullying, and other forms of hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, September 18th, 2020, Twitter suspended MAP Support Club<\/a>, a support network for minor attracted people: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Twitter’s Suspension Notice.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If minor attracted people are supposed to get help, then why deplatform an account that provides support to minor attracted people and partners with child protection organizations? To understand this question, we must touch on a few things, most importantly…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is MAP Support Club?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MAP Support Club is a support chat run by several long-time members of the MAP community, aimed at anyone age 13 and up. In their own words, “MAP Support Club (MSC) is a community for minor attracted people (MAPs) who are fundamentally against child sexual abuse and committed to never harm children.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What kind of content does MAP Support Club host, and what do people talk about? The occasional television clip, YouTube video, news article, or humor might pepper different sections of the chat, but mostly people write in text form about a wide variety of subjects. There are several private channels for people to discuss trans issues, people who were victimized by sexual violence or other childhood trauma. It is a support chat, and they limit discussions that can interfere with people giving or receiving support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their rules to that effect are comprehensive – many minor attracted people have even called them restrictive – and it is a community that uses Microsoft PhotoDNA<\/a>, a software that scans images uploaded to the server against hash databases maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)<\/a>. Many members of MAP Support Club were not pleased with this change, but the administrators felt it was a necessary addition because of the potential for bad actors, trolls, and of course the protection of children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAP Support Club partners with Prostasia Foundation<\/a>, who provides hosting and enabled them to use the PhotoDNA software on the Rocket.Chat platform they call home. Members of MAP Support Club talk about a wide range of issues – anything from how members can seek out competent, qualified therapists that they can feel safe with to news and politics. This support platform has helped many people come to terms with their attractions and find appropriate ways to manage the stigma, anxiety, and depression that minor attracted people often struggle with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, MAP Support Club is a place for minor attracted people to be themselves in a world that hates them. If you want more information on how they run things, check out this webinar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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