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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On Wednesday, the French Government initiated the procedure for temporarily suspending the Chinese Shein e-commerce platform in France, until it proves that its online content complies with the law, in full judicial investigation for its sale of sex dolls with the appearance of girls and on the same day that it opened its first physical shop in Paris.
The decision arises after concerns have been raised about the commercialization of child pornography. The Government has committed itself to analysing the situation "at 48 hours".
Shein to be suspended in France following uproar over sales of ‘childlike’ sex dolls
By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — France has said it will suspend Shein’s access to the French market following a headline-grabbing scandal over sales of “childlike” sex dolls. The government started proceedings Wednesday to ban Shein’s French website “for the time necessary for the platform to show to the authorities that all of its products are finally in conformity with our laws and regulations,” the finance ministry said. Over the weekend …
An Internet user had already identified and reported the announcement on 29 October to SignalConso, a public service published by DGCCRF, who replied that she was not competent in the matter, since Shein was a foreign site.
Between Shein and the blizzard France. The French Prime Minister, S bastien Lecornu, announced the start of a suspension procedure in France of the platform...
"The government is starting a procedure to suspend Shein for the time necessary to demonstrate to the public authorities that all its content is in accordance with our laws and regulations"
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