France takes legal action against AliExpress and Joom over childlike sex dolls
Commerce minister calls for end to ‘digital wild west’ as Shein awaits ruling on three-month French ban
Commerce minister calls for end to ‘digital wild west’ as Shein awaits ruling on three-month French ban

Retailer pledges to co-operate with investigation into how it allowed childlike products to be sold on its marketplace

Government says it will suspend retailer’s online operations as company opens its first permanent store in Paris

Regulators say Chinese online marketplace has failed to enforce penalty policy on traders that post illegal content

Consumer body warns that platforms are selling unsafe items including overheating hairdryers and exploding batteries

Bloc’s justice commissioner says action needed to protect consumers from products sold on platforms such as Shein

The Chinese e-commerce company said the product has been taken down from the platform. The incident happened just days before the…