Relying on Twitter data does have drawbacks. Researchers believe communities with fewer third- and fourth-generation immigrants, who tend to be older, aren't as represented on social media.

Advertisers should be skeptical of Twitter's claims of improvement, especially as the company tries to rebrand itself -- as this new data shows the prevalence of anti-LGBTQ hate on the platform ...

It used to be easy to analyze your Twitter data: you'd go to your settings and ask for a download, and there among all the files would be a CSV file full of your tweets and the associated metadata.