"France's anti-fraud unit said on Saturday it had reported Asian e-commerce giant Shein for selling what it described as "sex dolls with a childlike appearance". The DGCCRF watchdog said in a statement that the "description and categorisation" of the items on Shein's website "make it difficult to doubt the child pornography nature of the content". Shortly after the statement, Shein announced that the dolls in question had been withdrawn from its platform and that it had launched an internal inquiry."
"On its website, the Le Parisien daily published a photo of one of the dolls sold on the platform, accompanied by an explicitly sexual caption. The dolls measure around 80 centimetres (30 inches) in height. In the photo, it was pictured holding a teddy bear. "Imagine a child randomly clicking on and coming across these products while browsing the site looking for a doll," DGCCRF official Alice Vilcot-Dutarte was quoted as saying by Le Parisien."
France's consumer watchdog DGCCRF reported Shein for selling sex dolls with a childlike appearance, saying the description and categorisation on the website make it difficult to doubt the child pornography nature of the content. Le Parisien published a photograph of one doll, about 80 centimetres tall, pictured holding a teddy bear and accompanied by an explicitly sexual caption. Regulators warned that a child could randomly encounter such products while browsing. Shein withdrew the dolls and opened an internal inquiry. The company faces prior criticism over factory working conditions and environmental impact, and its planned Paris store at BHV Marais sparked protests and brand departures.
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