X Fake Profile Detection: Social Media Account Images for Fake Account Classification

A dataset created for a study on detecting fake accounts on the X Portal, formerly known as Twitter. The dataset includes generated accounts and was used to train and test a Convolutional Neural Network. It was authored by drveronika and last updated on October 8, 2024.

Use Cases

• Classifying social media accounts as fake or genuine based on image data mentioned in the description.
• Training Convolutional Neural Networks for automated fake account detection.
• Benchmarking image-based machine learning techniques against social media account fraud.

Strengths

• Dataset is associated with a specific research study focused on fake account detection.
• Designed for training and testing a Convolutional Neural Network, indicating a structured machine learning application.
• Last updated on 2024-10-08, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

huggingface, author drveronika

Collection Method

Created as part of a study focused on detecting fake accounts; includes generated accounts.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-10-08 20:34:23.