Paris Court of Appeal upholds refusal to block Shein

French government fails in bid to block the ecommerce platform after last year's child-like sex doll scandal

Ultra-fast fashion online retailer Shein will not be blocked in France, the Paris Court of Appeal said on Thursday, upholding an earlier court ruling on the case.

The French government sought an access ban on Shein last November after child-like sex dolls were found for sale on the platform. It also referred the matter to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

But the Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that the government’s blocking order was “inadmissible” because Shein had promptly reacted to concerns by removing the offending listings from its platform, according to a press statement sent to Euractiv. (...)