Coordinated by Italy last month, a huge law enforcement operation reportedly ‘dismantled’ a pirate IPTV service with 22 million users. That’s an extraordinary number and shows why countries like Italy have adopted mass site blocking measures. Logic suggests that the removal of such a huge player from the market might reduce the need for blocking measures, if only temporarily. The data shows that in the wake of the action, blocking demands significantly increased.
I’d recommend Quad9 or Mullvad as both have a good record on privacy. DNS is also often unencrypted by default, so make sure to use DoT or DoH while you’re at it.
I think opennic.org is a nice project, too. In addition to offering privacy-respecting servers, they’re also democratic and not for-profit.