@benroyce @meowki @iju @ariarhythmic

1. Mastodon's code already includes a setting which server admins can enable to set a minimum age for their server, which will ask for a date of birth to be entered during sign-up. The date of birth is not stored, only checked once. This has been part of Mastodon's code since multiple months now: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/34150

2. What they say in the blog is that they will audit the GmbH's own servers, which probably includes an audit of this feature.

3. The interesting stuff is what that "working group" will come up with.

@CathyBikesBook if you are interested in Fedi voices from and about Africa (not sure if that's the case since you tagged #USA), here is a starterpack

"News from Africa by Africans":

https://fedidevs.com/s/ODY0/

@stefan @fdrc_ff I know about two or three African instances and I'm not sure if they are physically hosted in Africa.

It's definitely true however that the African userbase of the fediverse is comparibly small. The Global South is underrepresented.