Neil Strauss

When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.

American Author

Juan Guaido

It's important to remember that a dictator will not freely relinquish power after having hijacked the constitution and ruled with threats and promises. Sometimes it is necessary to put enough pressure on him that he leaves.

Venezuelan Politician

Margaret Thatcher

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.

English Leader

Winnie Byanyima

Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and hijack democratic institutions - to their favour.

Ugandan Politician

Lyall Watson

Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.

South African Scientist

Glenn Beck

The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not.

American Journalist

Don McCullin

Many people misunderstand me - I'm quite happy to be called a photographer. All of a sudden, the art world has caught up with photography, and they are trying to hijack us.

British Photographer

Ted Olson

She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it took off on time - for over an hour.

American Politician

Christopher A. Wray

Protected Voices aims to help political campaigns, private companies, and individuals protect themselves from foreign actors who want to hijack their message.

American Public Servant

Ted Lieu

We have to remember the bigger picture: the U.S.-Israel alliance is too important to be hijacked by political interests or undermined by perceived riffs.

Hijacking implies forceful and unlawful control, often involving threats or violence.

Forced Takeover

Hijack situations usually lead to an emergency response like negotiations or rescue operations.

Emergency Response

High-profile hijack incidents often attract significant media attention.

Media Coverage

Hijacking a discussion means dominating it, often not letting others express their opinions.

Unwelcome Control

Hijacking can disrupt the agenda or flow of an event, shifting focus unexpectedly.

Disruption

Using hijack in a metaphorical sense still retains an aggressive and forceful undertone.

Aggressive Strategy

Hijacking in computing often involves unauthorized access and can lead to data theft or damage.

Cyber Threat

Computer hijacking can occur due to weak security practices, making protection crucial.

Security Breaches

Hijacking may be aimed at committing fraud, such as stealing identities or financial information.

Online Fraud

 because billboard painters are a dying, extinct bunch of artists, because digital printing has totally replaced them and hijacked them." I said, in exchange for education in how to paint, I will support them, and I started a company. And since then, I've been painting all over the place.

My 5 lives as an artist...

 the remembering self and he said that the reason that we have such a hard time understanding happiness it's because we have two identities and the experiencing self is always hijacked by the membrane cell and I guess it was speaks to this idea about listening what you listen to

To listen is to live PIPE...

 as well as upsides. And of course, in the current environment, one need allude only lightly to the work of non-state actors trying to influence global affairs, and taking advantage of these. This is a social map of the hijackers and their associates

Clay Shirky: Institutions...

 This outer structure helps the molecular machinery of the virus break through cellular membranes and hijack our cells. But it has thousands upon thousands of weak points where the right molecules could pry it apart. And this is where soap comes in.

Which is better: Soap or...

 when seemingly unrelated and just trivial things triggered deep feelings of sadness right smack in the middle of the workday, therapy helped me deal with them. And when painful anniversaries and events tried to hijack the day,

3 ways companies can...

 A vampire state is the government -- -- which has been hijacked by a phalanx of bandits and crooks who use the instruments of state power to enrich themselves, their cronies, and tribesmen and exclude everybody else.

George Ayittey: Cheetahs...

 provides protection when it's time to come home it seems like a foolproof system for keeping the young ones safe but it's not let's introduce a predator that is so widely its able to hijack the

Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...

 provides protection when it's time to come home it seems like a foolproof system for keeping the young ones safe but it's not let's introduce a predator that is so widely it's able to hijack

The Crafty Catfish...

 Well, it's ideas -- not worms -- that hijack our brains. Now, am I saying that a sizable minority of the world's population has had their brain hijacked by parasitic ideas?

Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...

 One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite, though if it's any consolation, it's not our brains that are being hijacked.