Abstract
The rapid growth of the Internet has multiplied the number of users from all parts of the world as well as intensified the issue of privacy. Yet the ways in which information privacy affect user behaviors others remain unclear. Furthermore, very limited number of studies has addressed the privacy concerns surrounding user behavior. Inherently, users may face a conflicting aspect of the situation-such as intense concerns for privacy competing with convenient ways of sharing knowledge over social networking sites (SNSs). With such gaps in the literature, we will explore the effect of information privacy on user behavior specifically among Middle East and North Africa (MENA) users in social networking site (SNS) activities. The overarching research question is, "In what ways do information privacy induce or deter user behaviors in SNS?"