A PROJECT REPORT ON

Fake News Detection

Computer Science and Technology

K.TANUJA (22A81A0622)

T.YASASWINI SRI(22A81A0654)

B. .BHARGAVI (22A81A0604)

G.MOUNIKA (22A81A0615)

C.NANDIRAJU (22A81A0610)

Under the Esteemed Supervision of

MR.M.V.V.KRISHNA

Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Accredited by N.B.A.)

SRI VASAVI ENGINEERING COLLEGE (Autonomous)

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 Department Of Computer Science and
EngineeringPedatadepalli,Tadepalligudem

This is to certify that the Project Report entitled “Fake News Detection” submitted

By K.TANUJA (22A81A0623), T.YASASWINI SRI (22A81A0654), B.BHARGAVI

(22A81A0604), G.MOUNIKA (22A81A0615), C.NANDIRAJU (22A81A0610), for the award

of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in the Department of Computer Science and

Engineering during the academic year 2021- 2022.

Name of Project Guide Head of the Department

External Examiner

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 DECLARATION

We hereby declare that the project report entitled “Fake News Detection" submitted by us
to Sri Vasavi Engineering College(Autonomous), Tadepalligudem, affiliated to JNTUK
Kakinada in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the degree of B.Tech in
Computer Science and Engineering is a record of Bonafide project work carried out by us
under the guidance of Mr.M.V.V.Krishna. We further declare that the work reported in
this project has not been submitted and will not be submitted, either in part or in full, for
the award of any other degree in this institute or any other institute or University.

Project Associates

K.Tanuja (22A81A0623),
T.Yasaswini sri(22A81A0654),
B.Bhargavi(22A81A0604),
G.Mounika(22A81A0615),
C.Nandiraju (22A81A0610).

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, we sincerely salute to our esteemed institute SRI VASAVI
ENGINEERING COLLEGE, for giving us this golden opportunity to fulfill our warm dream
to become an engineer.
Our sincere gratitude to our project guide Mr.M.V.V.Krishna, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, for his timely cooperation and valuable suggestions while carrying out
this project.
We express our sincere thanks and heartful gratitude to Dr. D. Jaya Kumari, Professor &
Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, for permitting us to do our project.
We express our sincere thanks and heartful gratitude to Dr. G.V.N.S.R. Ratnakara Rao,
Principal, for providing a favourable environment and supporting us during the development of
this project.
Our special thanks to the management and all the teaching and non-teaching staff members,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, for their support and cooperation in various
ways during our project work. It is our pleasure to acknowledge the help of all those respected
individuals.
We would like to express our gratitude to our parents, friends who helped to complete this
project.

Project Associates

K.Tanuja (22A81A0623),
T.Yasaswini sri(22A81A0654),
B.Bhargavi(22A81A0604),
G.Mounika(22A81A0615),
C.Nandiraju (22A81A0610).

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

S. No. Title Page No.

Abstract
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1 Introduction
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1.1 Project Overview
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1.2 Motivation
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1.3 objective
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2 Literature Survey
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3 System Architecture
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3.1 High-Level Architecture
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3.2 Component Interaction
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3.3 Technologies Used
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4 Model Training and Evaluation
12-13
4.1 Dataset
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4.2 Model Selection
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4.3 Performance Metrics
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5 Features and Functionality
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5.1 Text Analysis
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5.2 URL Analysis
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5.3 Batch Processing
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6 User Interface
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6.1 Layout
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6.2 Visualization Components
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