Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The French government threatened to ban Chinese retailer Shein for selling a "childlike" sex doll online.
France's consumer fraud agency got an anonymous tip about the dolls on the site. It said their "description and categorization on the site leave little doubt as to the child pornography nature of the content," said a press release issued Saturday by the French Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control.
One of the ads on Shein, first reported by Le Parisien newspaper, showed a life-size doll of a little girl wearing a white dress and holding a teddy bear. The description clearly states its intended use.
"This has crossed a line," said France's economy minister, Roland Lescure, said in an interview with French radio, adding that a formal investigation was underway, The New York Times reported. "These horrible objects are illegal."
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