I discovered the murky world of ‘minor attracted people’ – it’s even more disturbing than you think

I saw people advocate for things like child sex dolls and the right to work in safeguarding positions with kids (Picture: Getty Images)

It started with a TikTok. On a late-night doom scroll before bed, I stumbled across a creator warning viewers about a new term gaining traction on the platform: Minor Attracted Person. 

That one video sent me down a rabbit hole, and for the past few months, I’ve lingered on the fringes of a movement that has sparked outrage online, and is made up of...