Laptops, ultra notebooks, tablets, smartphones have gained lots of confidence among students. The popularity of social networking websites, particularly Facebook, has become an imperative for today’s generations. However, becoming a user and remaining as such within the security framework while knowing how to protect oneself from possible negative effects, is not a priority for most young people. Insufficient knowledge and a lack of skills indicate negative effects of using social networking websites. This scientific work, divided into two parts, deals with safety of social networking websites. The first part discusses theoretical foundations of safety on social networking websites and includes research-related results found by several authors. In the second, empirical, part of the article the results of a pilot research dealing with the safety of Facebook social networking website, conducted by first-year students, have been shown.
