Spam Account Detection on Social Media using Machine Learning Methods: A Survey
Jaladhi Pandya · International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology · 2019
Internet has become a world of social media and communication.In our daily life usually every person is using a social media like a Facebook, twitter and LinkedIn for communication and knowledge widening.These social media sites are misused for communication by creating fake accounts.These accounts do not have genuine data.Fake accounts mean some people are using other's personal data for creating fake profile.Fake accounts frequently spam legitimate users, posting inappropriate or illegal content.These social media sites are being used to spy, send malicious links and carry out financial frauds.Platforms of social media are more effectual for conman since they give permission to striker to build a bond with their targets.We are using several new features, which are more effective and robust compared to existing features like selection, generalize batter, interpretable.In our proposed system, we are using classification and regression method for detecting fake accounts on social media which are more efficient and accurate as compared to the existing ones.