Mon, 17 Nov 2025

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 France investigating Vinted over alleged links to pornographic content

Some sellers were found to be luring viewers to their personal pages on adult platforms such as OnlyFans.

* Vinted, a second-hand clothing platform with 23 million users in France, is under investigation after allegations emerged that some user accounts were directing visitors to pornographic content.
* The company has no age-verification procedure, which means children and teenagers could have accessed adult material without permission.
* Vinted claims to have a zero-tolerance policy for unsolicited sexual communications and removes any illicit content from its platform.
* France's Children's Rights Commissioner says predators may be using the sale of clothing items to lure people to porn sites.
* This investigation follows warnings issued to other e-commerce platforms, including Shein, which was accused of selling childlike sex dolls.
* Paris prosecutors are examining whether several major e-commerce platforms breached laws related to violent or pornographic content accessible to minors.
* Shein has banned the sale of all sex dolls on its platform and is blocking seller accounts linked to these items.
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