Fake tweet images can be generated using a preset meme template from websites like: TweetGen, Prank Me Not and Simitator . Verification of such tweets takes a manual work to find the user, scroll through their timeline and matching. A viral fake tweet image can prove crucial at a time.
A fake tweet screenshot looks very convincing, misleading the general public. For example:
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Verify Tweet attempts to resolve the problem by letting users upload such tweet screenshots and verify if the user actually tweeted or not. A combination of Image processing, Natural language processing as well as Twitter Search API makes this possible.
- Install Tesseract-OCR and add to PATH.
- Install ImageMagick and add to PATH.
- Python >= 3.6
Installing via pip:
pip install verifytweetOr via pipenv:
pipenv install verifytweetQuickstart
verifytweet -f <path_to_image_file>Help
verifytweet --helpVerify Tweet is released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.
- Support for Image links
- Support for Tweets with replies