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
Hundreds of shoppers streamed into Shein's permanent physical store on the sixth floor of the BHV department store, a landmark that has stood across from Paris City Hall since 1856.
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estrepublicain.frThe French government is initiating a procedure for the suspension of Shein, the Chinese site at the heart of several scandals, including the sale of girls-like sex dolls. China is increasingly dreaming in the world's stores after becoming the factory of the world.
France moves to suspend Shein's online market over listings for illegal firearms and sex dolls
France’s government has started a procedure to suspend access to online retail giant Shein until the company proves that its content conforms with French law. The Finance Ministry said authorities found illegal firearms and sex dolls with childlike features listed…
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.
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