US EditionFrance seeks three-month suspension of Shein over sex dolls
France demands Shein suspend operations for three months after finding prohibited items on its marketplace, pushing for stricter product controls to prevent illegal sales.
- On Tuesday, France will ask a Paris judge to suspend Shein's website in France for three months to force tighter product controls, a French finance ministry official said.
- Earlier this month authorities found childlike sex dolls and weapons on Shein's marketplace, and Shein has disabled its marketplace in France since November 5, a French finance ministry official said it has the means to check listings but `it does not do so`.
- France's case rests on Article 6.3 of the digital economy law, which lets judges prescribe measures to prevent harm, while European Union law holds online marketplaces liable to remove illegal products once aware.
- A Paris hearing is set for Wednesday on the government's case against Infinite Styles Services Co Ltd, with ISPs Bouygues Telecom, Free, Orange and SFR summoned and a ruling expected in the coming weeks.
- Paris prosecutors are probing Temu, AliExpress, Wish and Shein after DGCCRF found AliExpress and Joom selling childlike sex dolls and other platforms failing to block minors from adult content.
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The Paris court will examine on Wednesday the government's request to suspend the Shein website in France for three months. Here's what this decision would entail and the other avenues the government can explore to regulate foreign e-commerce platforms.
The Paris court will examine on Wednesday the government's request to suspend the Shein website in France for three months. Here's what this decision would entail and the other avenues the government can explore to regulate foreign e-commerce platforms.
France Seeks 3-month Suspension of Shein Over Childlike Dolls, Weapons
The French government will ask a Paris judge to approve a three-month suspension of Shein’s website after weapons and sex dolls resembling children were listed on the platform by third-party sellers, a finance ministry official said on Nov. 25. Access to the retailer’s online marketplace was suspended earlier in November after the dolls were discovered for sale. The Nov. 5 suspension was to allow Shein to demonstrate that all of its content is c…
In the event of a suspension, the government would like the Arcom, the digital regulator, to be the authority responsible for verifying the measures taken by Shein in order to avoid "repetition" of the shortcomings.
The French government is going to ask the justice system to suspend Shein for three months, within the framework of the procedure launched at the beginning of the month after discovering that the Chinese platform sold sex dolls in the form of girls, weapons and other illegal products. Executive sources quoted by various media indicated that they intend to formalize this request at a scheduled hearing this Wednesday before the Paris Court of Just…
France Seeks 3-Month Suspension of Shein, Ministry Official Says
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