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Sanitization of Social
Network Data for Release
toSemitrusted Third Parties
18.1 INTRODUCTION
The previous four chapters discussed various aspects of privacy on social networks. Chapter 14 dis-
cussed our approach to analyzing social networks. Chapter 15 discussed a new classication method
that takes advantage of link types. We showed that by intelligently weighting those link types, it
is possible to gain even more benet from the link types. In Chapter 16, we created articial links
between regional inuencers and those who follow in their wake. In Chapter 17, we showed that
by intelligently examining historical social media data, we ...