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Internet has gained an absolutely central importance in human life, and social media had a prominent role in this picture. In the contemporary society technology shows a quick progress, and social networks increase rapidly their number of users on each and every day. Social networking is one of the main indicators of the technology era, attracts people of all ages while the virtual world goes beyond the real life via the resources and applications it offers. Especially young generation shows an intense interest in social networking sites which is an extension of the Internet technology. They cannot think of communication without thinking of online-networks like Facebook, Whats app.,LinkedIn, Google, Twitter etc. The main focus of the paper is to assess the possible benefits and concerns of social media. In the paper the current situation of social media in terms of facts and figures and preventing negative aspects will also be discussed.