Consumers are pushing back on being asked to buy more stuff with 'no-spend 2024'

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A composite of images taken from TikTok which show three social media users posing alongside text that list the items they wont be buying in 2024.
Some TikTokers pledged to cut back on fast food and streaming services in the new year.

TikTok: @miawestrap, @nobuy2024, @anisaanorve

Nearly a third of Gen Z said technology is making them lonelier — and it's making many spend more

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Social media rampage after breakup
Social media is making nearly a third of Gen Zers more lonely.

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Gen Z has discovered a whole new source for news

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A Tiktoker brings the latest news.
Young people on TikTok learn about what's happening from a hodgepodge of alternative sources, from news commentary influencers to purportedly on-the-ground "citizen journalists."

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A young woman injured in a car crash got flamed for receiving blood donations from dozens of civil servants, over concerns they were forced to become 'mobile blood banks for the rich'

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Policemen of Burang Station of Immigration Inspection make vows to mark the Chinese people's police day on January 10, 2021 in Ngari, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Yu Yanyan is flown to Chengdu on a chartered flight.
Yu Yanyan was flown to Chengdu on a chartered flight after civil servants donated blood to her in October.

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Elon Musk's 'attitude' is part of an advertising exodus. Here's why Meta's pedophile problem hasn't done the same.

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Elon Musk's explosive comments during an interview at the NYT DealBook Summit have driven advertisers off X en masse.

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Elon Musk's biggest fans on X love Community Notes — until it comes for them

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Angry face emoji's on top of the community notes icon

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TikTok's top videos of the year are wildly different from our dark, depressing feeds

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Top TikTok videos from this year included dancing, singing, and cute animals.

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Here are the most popular TikToks of the year, from fried chicken ASMR to an inventive onion-cutting hack

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The most popular clips on TikTok in the US this year racked up cumulative billions of views.

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A Chinese blogger went viral for lamenting the solitary lives of men in his nation: '50 years old and eliminated by society'

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A man looks out from the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River as decorative lights are switch off as a measure to save energy in Shanghai on August 23, 2022.
A man looks out from the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River as decorative lights are switch off as a measure to save energy in Shanghai on August 23, 2022.

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The bride who went viral for purportedly planning a $59 million wedding has shut down her social media as her husband's criminal charges came to light

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Bride and groom figurines laying down on top of a wedding cake.
Brockway, who went viral for her lavish wedding, appears to have vanished from TikTok.

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