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Shein Risks Fines as EU Probes Sale of Child-Like Sex Dolls

Demonstrators protest the opening of Shein's retail store in Paris, in November.

Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg

Shein risks hefty European Union penalties after regulators opened a full-scale probe into sales of child-like sex dolls on the Chinese e-commerce platform.

The European Commission said the investigation — under the bloc’s Digital Services Act — targets the suspected distribution of products “which could constitute child sexual abuse material.”