Govt withdraws UN proposals reminiscent of scrapped Section 66A

India has withdrawn certain provisions it had suggested to a United Nations committee in May 2022, which were similar to those prescribed in Section 66 A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, people aware of the matter told ET.

The policy document was withdrawn after it failed to find adequate support from other member nations of the UN Ad-Hoc committee, sources said. The grouping has been tasked with creating a comprehensive international convention to counter the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.