Overview
- France’s consumer watchdog said it found sexualized dolls with childlike appearances on Shein, reported the case to the Paris prosecutor and Arcom, and the company says it removed the listings and opened an internal review.
- Regulators also flagged Temu and Wish for pornographic content accessible without effective age gates and identified AliExpress for similar childlike dolls, instructing platforms to bring practices into line with French law.
- A National Assembly mission has summoned Shein within 15 days to explain its supply chain transparency, internal controls and corrective measures following the incident.
- High Commissioner for Youth Sarah El-Haïry plans to convene major e-commerce platforms and seeks buyer information to check whether children are at risk, noting offenses can carry up to seven years in prison and significant fines.
- Protesters gathered at Paris’s BHV ahead of Shein’s planned Nov. 5 opening, as the store’s owner pledged to sell only items produced directly for BHV; campaigners allege some dolls remain on foreign Shein sites and can be ordered to France via VPN.