Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A Paris court denied an effort by the French government to suspend the fashion website Shein from operating in the country after it was found to be selling "childlike" sex dolls.
The court called the three-month suspension "disproportionate," but said the site must implement strong age-verification protocols to sell any "sexual products that could constitute pornographic content." It said the fine for each breach would be $11,700.
The action was taken after the sex dolls and weapons were discovered by France's consumer watchdog in November, causing an uproar in France.
Shein, based in Singapore, issued a statement on Nov. 4 saying it had removed the dolls and permanently banned "all seller accounts linked to illegal or non-compliant sex-doll products."
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