Novel Approaches to Detect Phony Profile on Online Social Networks (OSNs) Using Machine Learning

Abstract

Currently, almost everyone spends more time on online social media platforms engaging with and exchanging information with people from all over the world, from children to adults. Our lives are greatly influenced by social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The social network is evolving into a well-liked platform for connecting with individuals across the globe. Social media platforms exist as a result of the enormous connectivity and information sharing that the internet has made possible. Social media's rising popularity has had both beneficial and detrimental consequences on society. However, it also has to deal with the issue of bogus profiles. False profiles are often constructed by humans, bots, or cyborgs and are used for phishing, propagating rumors, data breaches, and identity theft. Thus, we are emphasizing in this post the significance of setting up a system that can identify false profiles on social media networks. To illustrate the suggested concept of machine learning-based false news identification, we used the Twitter dataset for phony profile detection. The suggested model involves pre-processing to improve the dataset's quality and minimize its dimensions by modifying its contents and features. To forecast the bogus profiles, the widely used machine learning algorithms are used.