{"id":569,"date":"2025-11-19T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=569"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:18:08","slug":"vinted-investigated-after-buyers-directed-to-porn-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":"Vinted investigated after buyers \u2018directed to porn websites\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Second hand sales app Vinted is being investigated over claims some sellers have been flogging more than just their old dungarees.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s alleged that some users were using listings for swimwear or lingerie to direct viewers away from the app, and towards their Only Fans pages and other adult content.<\/p>\n

Their profiles also allegedly included contact details encouraging users to reach them on WhatsApp or Telegram.<\/p>\n

As Vinted has no age limitations in place, it is feared that children could have been exposed to pornography.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s child protection agency chief Sarah El Hairy has asked the regulator to investigate the company for allegedly failing to protect minors.<\/p>\n

She asked French TV and internet regulator Arcom to probe Vinted after finding some classified ads which allegedly redirected to porn websites, she said in an interview on French TV channel France 3 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Where there are children or teenagers, there are predators, and what they did this time is to use sales of ordinary objects to direct (users) towards pornographic sites,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

The problematic links can be hard to identify, as they may not link to porn immediately, but go via an intermediary like Linktree which compiles a list of websites.<\/p>\n

\u2018Zero tolerance\u2019<\/h2>\n

Vinted, based in\u00a0Lithuania<\/a>, said it has a zero-tolerance policy on unsolicited sexual communication, promotion of sexual services or nude images on its platform.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said in a statement: \u2018We do not allow members to use listings to promote adult websites, and we take action against listings or profiles like this as soon as we become aware of them.\u2019<\/p>\n

It comes amid a wider crackdown on large e-commerce sites in France, intended to protect local retailers.<\/p>\n

Many feel threatened by what they see as unfair competition from Chinese platforms like AliExpress, Temu and Shein, and\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0giants like Amazon and eBay.<\/p>\n

A consumer watchdog\u00a0opened investigations\u00a0against five such platforms for violating rules on selling illicit products online a few days after Shein opened its first physical store in Paris.<\/p>\n

Shein was the centre of a controversy earlier this month over the sale of childlike sex dolls, which have now been banned on its platform.<\/p>\n

French media published a photo of one of the dolls, which was only around 30 inches tall and holding a teddy bear.<\/p>\n

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Second hand sales app Vinted is being investigated over claims some sellers have been flogging more than just their old dungarees. It\u2019s alleged that some users were using listings for swimwear or lingerie to direct viewers away from the app, and towards their Only Fans pages and other adult content. Their profiles also allegedly included […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t