Social media platform Pinterest has stopped providing search results about vaccines to users, in an attempt to stem the spread of potentially dangerous misinformation from anti-vaxx groups. The move enables the company to proactively protect users without being accused of censorship.

Web giants such as Facebook and Google have woven themselves into billions of lives, but countless controversies over the years have a growing number of users questioning if they can trust these companies. How are data breaches and fake news changing people’s relationships with big tech?

Instagram is blocking hashtags linked to verifiably false information about vaccines in an attempt to prevent a public health disaster. It's responding to public pressure for social media platforms to take greater responsibility for the misinformation they host and help spread.

Privacy concerns and ad-dominated feeds have mainstream social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram facing a ‘trust crisis’. Subscription-based platform Vero offers an alternative with the promise of transparency and control – but is it so different from established industry giants?