3 simple ways to avoid making big mistakes as a teen using social media

[rss]

3 simple ways to avoid making big mistakes as a teen using social media
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/1YxFHM6ZIoaYUPDFXEbicxnjSEw=/575x323/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F163517%2Fmiss_teen_texas.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=3+simple+ways+to+avoid+making+big+mistakes+as +a+teen+using+social+media&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F08%2F01%2Fs ocial-media-miss-teen-usa%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F08 %2F01%2Fsocial-media-miss-teen-usa%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
Social media may connect and empower a teenager, but it can also become a permanent record of a young person's disgraceful behavior.*

SEE ALSO: 4 smart ways to use the internet to educate yourself about *** (http://mashable.com/2016/07/16/learning-about-***-education-online/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Karlie Hay, the newly crowned Miss Teen USA, learned this lesson the hard way. Soon after Hay claimed her mantle on Saturday, it became apparent (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20160731-new-miss-teen-usa-from-texas-will-keep-crown-after-using-racial-slurs-online.ece) that the 18-year-old Texan used a racial slur on Twitter four times in 2013 and 2014.*

Hay, who is white, vaguely addressed the matter on Twitter (https://twitter.com/RealMissTXteen) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/BIhFM06BMet/?taken-by=karlie_hay), **ting that "personal struggles" led to the use of language she wasn't proud of and couldn't excuse. The old tweets, however, haven't cost Hay her crown.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/social-media-miss-teen-usa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

More about Social Media Etiquette (http://mashable.com/category/social-media-etiquette/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Miss Teen Usa (http://mashable.com/category/miss-teen-usa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Conversations (http://mashable.com/conversations/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1470095389 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1470095389)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/43n3ByunZuM