PARIS — Chinese online retailer Shein has pulled from sale childlike sex dolls after they were found on its website by the French consumer watchdog, the company said Sunday.

France ’s Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) had said late Saturday that it spotted the dolls on the website along with several other pornographic items such as adult-looking sex dolls, and had reported the matter to judicial authorities.

“Their description and categorization on the site leave little doubt as to the child pornography nature of the content,” DGCCRF said in a statement.

The agency added that no filtering measures effectively limit access on the website to this pornographic content for minors or sensitive audiences.

Contacted by Reuters, Shein said in a

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