Basic Details of the Team and
Problem Statement
Ministry/Organization Name/Student Innovation: Government Of
Gujarat
PS Code: 1364
Problem Statement Title: Fake Social Media Profile detection and
reporting
Team Name: Social Shield
Team Leader Name: Disha Saini
Institute Code (AISHE): C-32872
Theme Name: Block Chain & Cyber Security
Idea Details
• Utilize web scraping, APIs, and frameworks for data collection from social media
platforms.
Idea Details • Preprocess and clean the data, removing null values.
• Employ machine learning Decision tree algorithms and natural language
processing.
• Incorporate keyword analysis to identify hate speech and inappropriate language.
• Store results in a database, differentiating between fake and real profiles.
• Display flagged fake profiles and legitimate ones in an application tab.
• Continuously use stored data to iteratively improve model accuracy.
• No single parameter is foolproof, so it's often necessary to combine multiple
indicators for more accurate detection.
Technology stack
⮚ Frontend:
HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery
⮚ Backend:
Python, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, NLTK
⮚ Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite
⮚ Web Scraping APIs, Graph API.
2 ⮚ Flask, Django
Show Stopper
• Extensive and diverse data sets are essential to detect fake users across multiple
Idea Details •
social media platforms.
As our software gains popularity and runs over an extended period, malicious
actors behind fake account creation will adapt and develop new evasion
techniques.
• This necessitates ongoing updates and improvements to our detection
algorithms to stay ahead of evolving threats.
• Machine learning models used in our software require regular updates to remain
effective as they may become outdated with time and evolving user behavior."
Prototype
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Team Member Details
Team Leader Name: Disha Saini
BCA- 3rd Year
Team Member 1 Name: Anmol Batra
BCA- 3rd Year
Team Member 2 Name: Sunil Kumar
BCA- 3rd Year
Team Member 3 Name: Aditya Kumar Alok
BCA- 3rd Year
Team Member 4 Name: Mayank Fulara
BCA- 2rd Year
Team Member 5 Name: Naman Baghel
BCA- 2rd Year
Team Mentor 1 Name: Dr. Anisha Tandon
IT Department/BCA, Assistant Professor
