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A major amendment was made in 2008. It introduced Section 66A which penalized sending “offensive messages”. It also introduced Section 69, which gave authorities the power of “interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource”. Additionally, it introduced provisions addressing – pornography, child porn, cyber terrorism and voyeurism. The amendment was passed on 22 December 2008 without any debate in Lok Sabha. The next day it was passed by the Rajya Sabha. It was signed into law by President Pratibha Patil, on 5 February 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A major amendment was made in 2008. It introduced Section 66A which penalized sending “offensive messages”. It also introduced Section 69, which gave authorities the power of “interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource”. Additionally, it introduced provisions addressing – pornography, child porn, cyber terrorism and voyeurism. 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