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Michael Hiltzik: A flailing Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to pivot to video — again

If the old saw is true about insanity defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, what are we to think about Mark Zuckerberg's latest idea to save his company?

As reported by Bloomberg, Zuckerberg on Thursday convened an all-hands virtual meeting at Meta Platforms, the parent of Facebook, and urged employees to focus on the company's short-video service. Dubbed Reels, the service is a copycat of TikTok, the enormously popular video social media platform.

If Zuckerberg is serious about

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