In the third quarter of the 2018 year, Benin became the last African country to pass legislation requiring citizens of that country to pay social media rate, about 0,008 USD equivalent in USD per MegaByte data used in applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Instagram and many others.
In recent times, several African countries have adopted the practice of turning off the Internet on the eve of the elections, now Benin has turned off the Internet during the parliamentary elections that started on April 28, 2019. First it all started with an Internet restriction of social media messages and services at midnight on election day, the latter has become a total disconnection from the Internet, as all of Benin's major Internet providers have turned off Internet access.
It is important to note that, the Internet shutdown in Benin occurs after protests in the country after all opposition candidates have been excluded from the elections and do not appear on the ballot papers.
