Paris court rejects French government request to suspend Shein's website for 3 months


Shein logo and their web shop are seen in this illustration taken, May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

PARIS, Dec ‌19 (Reuters) - A Paris court ‌on Friday rejected the French ‌government's request to suspend Shein's website as a whole for three months, ‍saying it would ‍be "disproportionate".

The court did ‌order Chinese online platform Shein ‍not to ​sell sex toys or adult products ⁠again without implementing age verification measures, ‌setting a 10,000 euro fine ⁠for any ‍breach.

Shein has been at the centre of a scandal ‍in France since the ‌country's consumer watchdog found banned weapons and sex dolls resembling children for sale on its marketplace, prompting a government push to suspend the platform on ‌the day it opened its first store in Paris.

(Reporting by ​Helen Reid, Dominique Patton, Benoit Van Overstraeten, Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)

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