NBTC, RTP open COPTICS
18 Dec 2018
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BANGKOK, 18th December 2018 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and the Royal Thai Police (RTP) have opened the Center of Operational Policing for Thailand against Intellectual Property Violations and Crimes on the Internet Suppression (COPTICS).
The NBTC Secretary-General, Takorn Tantasith, the RTP Commissioner-General, Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda, and the Immigration Bureau Commissioner-General, Pol. Maj. Gen. Surachet Hakpal, attended the opening ceremony of the COPTICS at the NBTC Office in Bangkok on Monday.
Mr. Takorn said the center was established under collaboration between the RTP and the Department of Intellectual Property, aiming to accelerate the process of blocking illegal websites related to intellectual property violations.
The center is part of the NBTC, so cases of online violations can be preliminarily verified by the RTP and sent to the commission quickly. Then, the NBTC can notify particular internet service providers (ISPs), who are required to block access to the reported websites immediately.
The NBTC will cooperate with the RTP to ensure expediency for the victims of IP violations. Police officers with expertise in these matters will be stationed at the center.
Mr. Takorn said about 2,900 websites have been reportedly conducting illegal online activities, but only 20 percent of the sites were blocked through the current procedure.
He said most of those websites are run by Google, YouTube, and Facebook platforms.
The NBTC Secretary-General, Takorn Tantasith, the RTP Commissioner-General, Pol. Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda, and the Immigration Bureau Commissioner-General, Pol. Maj. Gen. Surachet Hakpal, attended the opening ceremony of the COPTICS at the NBTC Office in Bangkok on Monday.
Mr. Takorn said the center was established under collaboration between the RTP and the Department of Intellectual Property, aiming to accelerate the process of blocking illegal websites related to intellectual property violations.
The center is part of the NBTC, so cases of online violations can be preliminarily verified by the RTP and sent to the commission quickly. Then, the NBTC can notify particular internet service providers (ISPs), who are required to block access to the reported websites immediately.
The NBTC will cooperate with the RTP to ensure expediency for the victims of IP violations. Police officers with expertise in these matters will be stationed at the center.
Mr. Takorn said about 2,900 websites have been reportedly conducting illegal online activities, but only 20 percent of the sites were blocked through the current procedure.
He said most of those websites are run by Google, YouTube, and Facebook platforms.
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