FakeFind: Social Media Account Detection

Idea/Solution/Prototype Description:

FakeFind aims to detect fake or spam social media accounts using machine learning algorithms. The following parameters will be used to train the ML model:

• Presence of profile picture
• Numbers/character length in username
• Similarity between the user's name and the username
• Description length and the presence of any external links in it
• Privacy settings of the account followed by the number of posts, followers, and follows

Technology Stack:

Programming Language:

• Python

Modules:

• Numpy
• Pandas
• Matplotlib

ML Frameworks:

• Scikit-Learn

Models:

• Linear SVC
• Naive Bayes
• KNN

Web Scraping (If needed):

• Scrapy
• BeautifulSoup
• Selenium