Research

Computer Sciences and Information Technology

Title :

Detection of fake tweets related to COVID-19

Area of research :

COVID-19 Research, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, Engineering Sciences

Focus area :

Controlling COVID related misinformation

Principal Investigator :

Dr. Pragati Agrawal, Assistant Professor, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

Details

Outcome/Output:

In the view of COVID-19 many fake tweets are being posted on twitter which creates confusion and panic in the viewers. The aim of this project is to identify fake tweets using various methods. Tweets related to COVID-19 will be extracted directly from twitter APIs.

Organizations involved