US EditionFrance seeks three-month suspension of Shein over sex dolls
France aims to suspend Shein's site for three months after illegal products including childlike sex dolls and weapons were found, with marketplace disabled since Nov. 5, officials said.
- On Tuesday, France will ask a Paris judge to order a three-month suspension of Shein in France, with the Court of Paris holding a hearing tomorrow on the case against Infinite Styles Services Co Ltd.
- Following reported listings, the Paris prosecutor's office opened investigations on 4 November, and Shein disabled its marketplace in France since 5 November after authorities found childlike sex dolls and illegal weapons.
- The European Commission sent a DSA request for information to Shein after preliminary indications illegal goods, including child-like sex dolls and weapons, were offered, with the DSA allowing temporary suspension as a last resort.
- Using Article 6.3 of the digital economy law, the French government seeks a three-month suspension and has summoned Bouygues Telecom, Free, Orange and SFR to block Shein if ordered.
- France's action is part of a wider crackdown that includes probes into Temu, AliExpress, Wish and Joom, with AliExpress banning and then permanently closing a China-based seller flagged by Reuters.
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With this declaration of firm condemnation, the spokesman of the European Commission Thomas Regnier announced the launch of a new formal investigation into Shein, the colossus of ultra-fast fashion. It is in fact the third request for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European law on digital services, sent to the Chinese e-commerce platform: the Commission suspects that it may represent a systemic risk for consumers throughou…
Due to the sale of child pornographic sex dolls and illegal weapons, the European Commission has requested additional information from online retailer Shein. According to this, the Commission suspects that Shein's business model could constitute a "systemic risk for consumers throughout the European Union." French justice is investigating the online retailer based in Singapore, which is based in China, for the distribution of representations of …
Illegal weapons and child-looking sex dolls: The online retailer Shein has been under pressure in France for weeks because of illegal products. Now the EU is also taking action.
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