Shein Avoids French Ban Over Sex Dolls, Weapons Scandal

Shein escaped efforts by French President Emmanuel Macron’s government to suspend its online platform in the country following outrage over sales of childlike sex dolls and weapons.

Such a ban would have been “disproportionate” and constituted an “unjustified” restriction on free enterprise considering that Shein had moved quickly to remove the items in question, a Paris court said in a ruling on Friday.