France recalls 260,000 defective condoms over bursting and perforation risks

In France, the quiet assumption that a purchased product will do what it promises has been shaken by the discovery of 260,000 defective condoms circulating through online marketplaces — some prone to bursting, others already perforated before use. Health and anti-fraud authorities moved to recall the non-compliant stock, but not before roughly 40,000 units had already reached consumers who had no reason to doubt them. The episode illuminates a recurring vulnerability in modern commerce: the ease with which digital platforms dissolve the borders that once gave consumer protections their teeth,