Overview
- Children's Rights Commissioner Sarah El Haïry asked media regulator Arcom to investigate Vinted after findings that some listings redirected users, including minors, to pornographic websites.
- French media report that sellers posting swimwear or lingerie allegedly used ordinary listings to steer viewers to personal OnlyFans-style pages.
- Vinted said it enforces a zero‑tolerance policy on sexual solicitations, removes illegal content, and permanently blocks offending accounts when necessary.
- The platform reportedly has 23 million users in France and lacks an age‑verification procedure, raising concerns about exposure risks for children and teenagers.
- The inquiry forms part of wider scrutiny of major e‑commerce platforms, with Paris prosecutors examining Shein, AliExpress, Temu and Wish over minors' access to violent or pornographic content and child‑protection police handling related referrals.