Simon Migliano, who compiled the Top10VPN shutdown report, told me “Iran’s current nationwide blackout is a blunt instrument intended to crush dissent, starkly different from the sophisticated, slow-burn digital censorship we’re seeing in Russia.”

Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they're online almost constantly.

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After disconnecting the Wi-Fi from my Apple TV 4K, I quickly found myself with a useless paperweight. I use an Android, so using AirPlay to watch something was completely out of the question. Things already downloaded that don't need a constant connection, like something from Apple Arcade, still work, so you have that going for you at least.

The nationwide shutdown of the internet in Iran during anti-regime protests remains in place and has now lasted more than 60 hours, the internet monitor Netblocks says.

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