Q. In which year Indian IT Act (amendment) passed by Indian Parliament?
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A major amendment was made in 2008. It introduced the Section 66A which penalized sending of “offensive messages”. It also introduced the Section 69, which gave authorities the power of “interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource”. It also introduced for child porn, cyber terrorism and voyeurism. It was passed on 22 December 2008 without any debate in Lok Sabha. It was signed by the then President (Pratibha Patil) on 5 February 2009.
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