MySpace to start protecting teens

News Corp.–the owner of MySpace–has been working to address concerns about the safety of the many teenage users of the site, while not clamping down on the freewheeling and flirtatious interchanges that are the source of its appeal. Next week, the site will restrict how users older than 18 can contact those aged 14 and 15. Older users sending a message asking to become friends with younger users will have to enter the recipients’ actual first and last names or their e-mail addresses, rather than simply their user names.

While this seems like a good idea, what’s stopping an adult from creating a new account under a false date of birth? In the end, it really comes down to people sticking to better judgement, instead of letting a service decide for them.