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Internet connectivity disruption in Benin

Benin · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Benin. 2 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

63%
Anomaly Rate
2
Measurements
67%
Confidence

What This Means

63% of 2 network tests from Benin failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 60+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 3, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (2)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis2 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Atlantique"IODA report
Signal value: 0.66
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Littoral"IODA report
Signal value: 0.60
May 3, 2026
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Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet connectivity disruption in Benin [BJ-2026-0014]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/BJ-2026-0014

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