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This paper has been written to take a deeper look into the influences which affect the way people decide to use the social networking websites. The main focus of the paper is to find why identities are being hidden by the youth in the UAE while using the social networking websites. It is believed that UAE social networking users do not reveal their identities mainly because of the culture and privacy...