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.”

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Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on multimedia reporting. She was born in the Philippines ...

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Foreign Ministry sends social media support in Farsi • Amnesty Int'l, HRW denounce regime's clampdown on protests • Pahlavi praises Trump's support, calls on European leaders to follow suit Tehran and several other parts of Iran experienced a digital blackout on Thursday as internet connectivity dropped across multiple service providers,