Detecting Fake Account on Social Media Using ...

Detecting Fake Account on Social Media Using Machine Learning

Author Name : Peela Sri Vaishnavi, Dr Vanitha Kakollu

ABSTRACT

In the present generation, social networks have become increasingly popular, which impacts people's social lives and impel them to become associated with various social media sites. Social networks have become a daily routine in our lives. Every minute we wake up and spend our lives with various social networks. Social Networks are the essential platforms through which many activities like promotion, communications, agenda creation, advertisements, and news creation have begun to be done. Some malevolent accounts are used for purposes such as misinformation and agenda creation. Detection of spiteful account is significant. The methods supported machine learning-based were wont to detect fake accounts that would mislead people. The dataset is pre-processed using various python libraries and a comparison model is obtained to urge a feasible algorithm suitable for the given dataset. An attempt to detect fake accounts on the social media platforms is decided by various Machine Learning algorithms. The classification performances of the algorithms of machine learning are used for the detection of faux accounts.

Key Words: Social Networks, Agenda creation, Machine Learning, social media, Fake account, Algorithms.Random Forest, Neural Network and Support Vector Machines.