From soy sauce that causes cancer to seaweed made of plastic bags, China’s social media channels are rife with health rumours and scares. For those who want to access reliable information online, Dingxiang Doctor is a platform fighting rumours with facts from real health experts.

The consumer landscape in China is a minefield of fakes, misleading ads and tainted products. But shoppers have become smarter at working out the Nukes from Nikes. When trust is low in brands, media and even your next door neighbour, how can a society regain its faith?

Baidu – China’s most popular search engine – is developing AI that it hopes will be able to judge the quality of news articles and other web content, ultimately fending off fake news. If developers can perfect it, the use of ‘unbiased’ machines may buffer people's trust in the media.

Trump’s Presidential win left half the world aghast, and the other half saying ‘I told you so’, raising all kinds of questions about the flow of information online. And it's led to a call for social platforms and media outlets to take some responsibility. But is it too little, too late?