US EditionParis appeals court rejects government's request for suspension of Shein's marketplace
Paris court ruled suspension of Shein’s marketplace disproportionate despite illegal items; company must implement age checks for adult products, EU probes under the Digital Services Act.
- On Thursday, a Paris appeals court rejected the French government's bid to suspend Shein's marketplace in Paris, France, calling the three-month shutdown "disproportionate" and noting flagged sales were "sporadic" as Shein removed the products despite acknowledging "serious harm to public order".
- France's anti-fraud unit reported the platform after an anonymous tip, prompting the government to seek a three-month suspension and set a 10,000 euro fine for breaches.
- The court ordered specific content controls, requiring Shein to stop selling sexual products without age-verification measures, while Shein banned sex dolls and acknowledged difficulties with effective age filters.
- The European Commission opened its first Digital Services Act probe into Shein over illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, and the EU urged sanctions shortly after.
- The dispute has escalated into a broader backlash, with Temu and AliExpress also facing pressure on the European stage in recent months and ABC reporting disturbing listings including torsos and disembodied heads as small as 60 centimetres.
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The French judiciary rejected a ban on the Asian online retailer Shein in France, which was applied for by the government. The Court of Appeal confirmed on Thursday the judgment of the first instance. The damage that justified the lawsuit no longer existed, the judges emphasized. The prosecutor's office had also not supported the government's demand, which had demanded a three-month ban on Shein after it had become known that child-looking sex d…
Child-like sex dolls and weapons prompted France to demand a Shein ban, but on Thursday the platform won a victory.
French appeals court rejects Shein suspension
A French appeals court Thursday rejected the government’s demand to temporarily suspend a section of Shein’s website in France after the discovery that it was selling weapons, banned medications and childlike sex dolls. The government had demanded the whole site be suspended, but a lower court ruled in December that the suspension was not justified because the Asian ultra-fast-fashion giant had removed the illicit products from the platform. It …
The court rules out current or "future true" damage and endorses the measures taken by Chinese companies after removing prohibited productsThe European Commission opens an investigation into Shein's sale of child sex dolls The Paris Court of Appeal rejected on Thursday the French Government's request to suspend Shein's sales in the country. The Court thus confirms the first instance ruling following the scandal over the detection of child-lookin…
After a legal setback in December, the state called for the suspension of Shein's "marketplace", where illegal items had been proposed for sale.
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