US EditionFrance blocks Shein operations after controversy over child-like sex dolls
- On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, France will suspend access to Shein's online platform until the company proves its content complies with French law, following controversy after Shein opened a Paris BHV Marais store.
- The discovery of childlike sex dolls listed on Shein's website provoked political outcry and prompted a judicial investigation by French judicial authorities, intensifying scrutiny of e-commerce platforms.
- Shein said it banned all sex-doll products, temporarily removed its adult-products category for review, launched an investigation on screening failures, and sanctioned sellers involved.
- Protesters and shoppers converged as police secured the BHV Marais site, while petitioners gathered over 120,000 signatures and French prosecutors opened investigations into sex doll sales.
- Critics note that the fast-fashion sector drives social and environmental costs, while Société des Grands Magasins says Shein's concession could revive BHV Marais as Shein reports 27.3 million average monthly users in France.
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France moves to suspend Shein website as first store opens in Paris
Shein opened its first physical store worldwide in Paris under the eye of riot police, as the French government said it was suspending the Asian e-commerce giant's online platform following outrage over its sale of childlike sex dolls.
Shein takes note of the decision of the government of the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, to suspend, today Wednesday, November 5, his online sales platform in France intends to start quickly a dialogue with the authorities of Oltralpe: this is what reports the same Asian giant ended up at the center of scandals and repeated controversy in France, beginning from the sale on his website of sexual dolls with child pornography. Products t…
The decision may be due to the fact that one of the company's external partners offered child-sized sex dolls for sale on Shein's platforms.
The French government announced this Wednesday that it intends to suspend the website of Shein, the Asian fast fashion digital platform, until it "proves" that what it sells complies with the law of the country. The measure arises from the controversy that began last Saturday, after the anti-fraud unit of the country denounced that Shein sold hyperrealistic dolls with childish appearance for sexual use.
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