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He French government warned this Monday that it may decide to ban the Chinese trading platform Shein in case there is a recurrence of practices such as sale of sexual dolls “with childlike appearance”, for which she was admonished in recent days.
“I want to be very clear: if these behaviors are repeated, we will have the right to request that the Shein platform’s access to the French market be prohibited. This is what the law establishes,” said the French Minister of Economy, Roland Lescurein an interview with the BFM network and the RMC radio station.
Lescure explained that These types of measures can be taken in case of terrorist acts, drug trafficking and objects of a pedophile nature. if the platform had not removed the products in question in less than 24 hours or if there are recurrences in the future.
In any case, he assured that there is a judicial investigation to identify the reasons why these sex dolls were sold on this website.
The French General Directorate of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Repression (DGCCRF) had issued the alert last Saturday after verifying “that the e-commerce website Shein was marketing sex dolls with childlike appearance.”
“Its description and categorization on the website make it difficult to doubt the pedopornographic nature of the content,” said that agency in a statement.
Shein issued a statement in which confirmed the withdrawal of the products in question and assured that “it maintains a policy of zero tolerance towards any content or product that violates our platform policies or applicable laws.”
Protesters against Shein’s sale of child-like sex dolls at a protest in Paris ahead of the opening of the Chinese brand’s first permanent fast fashion store.
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“We take this matter very seriously. This type of content is totally unacceptable and goes against everything we stand for. We are taking immediate corrective measures and strengthening our internal controls to prevent this from happening again,” the company stressed, in addition to confirming an internal investigation into how these dolls evaded the website’s control measures.
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It is not, however, the first clash between the French authorities and this Chinese giantwhich in France and Europe in general is frequently the subject of complaints of unfair competition.
In France, it has been subject to several sanctions related to the illegal imposition of ‘cookies’ (small files that are stored on the computers that connect to the websites that Internet users visit and that they use very frequently to send them selective advertising) and without informing them correctly, the last one last September with a fine of 150 million euros.
The Government also proposes to impose, starting in 2026, a 2 euro tax on small packages coming from outside the European Union, with Shein and other Chinese sites, such as Temu, especially in the crosshairs.
Last month, furthermore, Shein announced that it was going to open its first physical store in Parisin the BHV shopping center, which normally sells French products.
Given that It is a historical place and an emblem of Paris, the landing of the low-cost Chinese giant caused a strong commotion and an online petition exceeded 100,000 signatures against, but the project is currently moving forward, with the opening date of the Shein space scheduled for November 5.
“Shein is not a pedopornographic brand”Karl-Stéphane Cottendin, CEO of BHV, stated this afternoon in an interview with BFMTV, in which he maintained his determination to maintain the opening on Wednesday of a new boutique in a part of his historic building located in the same square as the Paris City Hall because he believes in his collaboration with the Asian e-commerce giant that has, he said, “a legitimate place in France.”