On November 22, 2012, the state-sponsored Global Times published an article entitled "Jinan Police Deny Issuing Warning: Logging On to Facebook Will Lead To Internet Being Cut Off" (济南警方否认发警告：登录facebook将断网). An excerpt:
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| The Alleged Notice |
Yesterday at 6:00 pm, an Internet user named "Keso" posted an image on his Tencent Weibo account. The image content was a "Police Warning" with the seal of the "Jinan Internet Inspection Brigade" stating: "We have recently noticed that some evening employees have been logging onto illegal websites (facebook, twitter, myspace, etc) and noticed they are losing Internet access and calling the police. In order to cooperate with the police's real name registration system, we have decided that from today onward we will start to implement PPPOE real name registration accounts to go online." Last night the Jinan Public Security Internet Police Detatchment refuted this rumor to a Southern Metropolitan Daily reporter, saying that the "warning" was not issued by the police.
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As to whether the police have determined that facebook and other websites are banned websites, the Jinan Public Security Internet Police Detatchment said it was not convenient to reveal such information.
昨日18时，一位名叫“Keso”的网友在腾讯微博发布图文微博。图片内容是一份“警告”，落款为“济南市网络监察大队”，称“近期发现有部分夜间人员私自登陆违禁网站(facebook，twitter，myspace等)一经发现直接断网，并报警。为了配合公安实名制，决定从今天起开始实行PPPoE实名登记拨号上网”。昨晚，济南市公安局网络警察支队向南方都市报记者辟谣称，上述“警告”并非警方所发。
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而对于facebook等网站是否为警方设定的违禁网站，济南市公安局网络警察支队工作人员称不便透露。
