Under the century-old martial law declared by the army, a special body, set up on Wednesday to be responsible for internet censorship, vowed to shut down websites in an hour.

The body is composed of representatives from the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), the police, and the army’s special peacekeeping body, the Peace and Order Maintaining Command (POMC).

The body was set up following an order issued by POMC under martial law on Tuesday which prohibits internet users from disseminating content which “may cause conflict and violence.”

Thakorn Tanthasit, a NBTC commissioner, said six “inappropriate” websites have been blocked with the cooperation of True Corp, one of the biggest Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Thailand. The NBTC has also “asked for cooperation” from Thai ISPs to shut down websites within one hour.

“This is to ask for cooperation in monitoring content which may affect peace and order. THIS IS NOT CENSORSHIP AT ALL, but a blockade only of content or websites which may contravene public morals and cause conflict and unrest and a threat to national security,” the Commissioner told media on Wednesday after a meeting between the censorship body and 105 Thai ISPs.