Overview
- Haute-commissaire à l’Enfance Sarah El Haïry referred the UK‑hosted site Little Sex Dolls to the Paris prosecutor under Article 40 and alerted the Pharos illegal content platform.
- She asked that the identities of buyers linked to the site be transmitted to competent authorities.
- Paris prosecutors have four ongoing investigations led by the minors’ office (Ofmin) into Shein, AliExpress, Temu and Wish for violations tied to pornographic depictions of minors and content accessible to minors.
- Roughly twenty people suspected of purchasing such dolls were arrested in France during a nationwide police operation in mid‑December.
- Despite takedowns, reporters still find child‑like sex dolls for sale on international sites, and the government says it will appeal a court decision that lifted sanctions on Shein.