It started this Friday, January 2nd, in Aix-en-Provence. FranceAndThe trial of a man accused of buying a “pedo-pornographic” doll from a Hong Kong website. The case began two months ago when members of a delivery company informed police that they had discovered a package from China containing a child’s doll.
Accordingly ClarionThe defendant is being tried for “Possession of the image or depiction of a minor of a pornographic nature“, and you could get one 5 years in prison and the payment of a fine of 75,000 euros. “A sex doll depicting a girl ordered by a 56-year-old man already convicted of sexual offensesis proof that these objects provide impulses pedophile” he remarked Sarah El HairyHigh Commissioner for Children.
France carries out very strict controls on buyers of this type of dollsespecially since the popular Chinese store Shein, which specializes in marketing inexpensive clothing, opened its first store in Paris last November and decided to sell this type of dolls on its website.
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According to the above-mentioned media, the newspaper Le Parisian published a photo of one of these products, which led to a lawsuit against the company before the French judiciary for offering “pedo-pornographic” dolls. Shein claimed to have immediately removed these items from its online catalog. However, the government demanded that the company’s website be blocked for three months until it was confirmed that they were not violating applicable laws.
A court refused to block Shein’s website
On Friday, December 19, a court rejected the French state’s request to block the Shein website for ninety days, saying it was a “disproportionate” request.
The French government sent a statement to the agency AFP where he reiterated that he would maintain his position: “The court did not want to order measures to prevent the sale of pedo-pornographic dolls, category A weapons and medicines. Therefore, it is convinced of the systemic risk of the model linked to Shein and.” At the request of the Prime Minister, the government will appeal this decision in the coming days“.
The Paris court noted that the marketing of the items in question was a “special” case and that Shein had withdrawn them from the market as soon as they requested it; However, called on the Chinese company to stop selling “sexual products that could depict pornographic content.” without carrying out age verification measures.”
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