Digitalage’s co e i f ast uctu e is ope ati g i a i vite-o ly e vi o me t a d is bei g used th ough the Digitalage app i eal-wo ld c eato wo kflows. Cu e t use s i clude multiple i flue ce s who have built audie ces i the millio s ac oss established social a d st eami g platfo ms. The Digitalage iOS applicatio eceived Apple App Sto e app oval fo dist ibutio o Ju e 30, 2026, adva ci g the Compa y’s soft-lau ch c eato o boa di g a d validatio p ocess. C eato pa ticipatio is ge e ati g ope ati g feedback as the Compa y efi es the expe ie ce, expa ds its co te t slate a d adva ces b oade c eato a d pa t e access.
These mode atio co t ols a e o e compo e t of Digitalage’s b oade stateful media i f ast uctu e fo ve ified co te t c eatio , p otectio , classificatio , dist ibutio a d mo etizatio . By t eati g mode atio t a spa e cy as pa t of the co te t eco d athe tha a i visible afte -the-fact platfo m actio , the app oach is i te ded to st e gthe c eato t ust, pa t e accou tability a d ights-awa e dist ibutio wo kflows.
“This is ope ati g i f ast uctu e, ot a idea waiti g to be built,” said Pete Michaels, Fou de , Chai ma a d Chief Executive Office of Digitalage. “The co e system is live i a i vite-o ly e vi o me t a d is bei g used th ough the Digitalage app by c eato s who have al eady built audie ces i the millio s o othe platfo ms. Thei ea ly feedback has bee st o gly positive, a d seve al have told us di ectly that they love it.”
TRANSPARENT MODERATION BUILT INTO THE CONTENT RECORD
Digitalage’s ope ati g app oach i cludes published ules, decisio s visible to affected pa ties, huma eview at the poi t of co seque ce, docume ted accou tability a d a mea i gful appeal p ocess. Whe eve visibility is est icted, the app oach asks:
Michaels desc ibes the fi al questio as the “co duct-o -ide tity test”: whethe a est ictio espo ds to ha mful behavio o makes ide tity itself the t igge . Disclosu e ca explai a decisio ; the test asks whethe the decisio was p ope ly di ected i the fi st place.
“Mode atio is ecessa y, a d the people doi g it a e ofte volu tee s with a tha kless job,” said Michaels. “Commu ities eed tools to emove th eats, stalki g, coo di ated abuse a d spam. If someo e is ha assi g a othe pe so , act o the ha assme t. The li e that matte s is betwee co duct a d ide tity. Whe a ame itself becomes the t igge , the ule has stopped desc ibi g behavio a d sta ted desc ibi g a pe so .”
ACCESS IS NOT OWNERSHIP
A c eato may ow the came a, the idea a d the copy ight while platfo ms still co t ol audie ce access, discove y placeme t, payme t ails, mode atio decisio s a d a chives. Whe those laye s cha ge, each ca cha ge without otice o ecou se.
“Reach is a pe missio that ca be evoked. Ow e ship is somethi g that su vives the pe missio bei g evoked,” said Michaels.
Digitalage’s stateful media a chitectu e is desig ed to co ect ide tity, pe siste t p ove a ce, ights logic, sea chability, dist ibutio optio s a d mo etizatio pote tial to the media asset itself. Withi that i f ast uctu e, mode atio t a spa e cy becomes pa t of the co te t eco d: what was published, which ule was applied a d what happe ed afte wa d.
A CURRENT MODERATION EXAMPLE
Michaels’ ew comme ta y, “What If You Name Could Disappea ?”, uses public epo ti g f om August 16 a d 17, 2026, co ce i g automated filte s i the i depe de tly ope ated /WNBA commu ity that epo tedly affected post titles co tai i g I dia a Feve gua d Sophie Cu i gham’s ame a d abb eviatio s. Mode ato s late stated that co te t about the playe was ot ba ed a d desc ibed a 50-commu ity-ka ma th eshold a d st o ge c owd-co t ol setti gs i te ded to add ess t olli g, b igadi g, spam a d low-pa ticipatio accou ts. A WNBA ep ese tative told USA TODAY that the league does ot mode ate o have a y affiliatio with the sub eddit.
Digitalage takes o positio o the sepa ate political co t ove sy a d t eats the sc ee shots a d filte i g claims as epo ted mate ial athe tha i depe de tly established fact. The comme ta y does ot cha acte ize ame-based filte s o pa ticipatio th esholds as i he e tly illegitimate; it asks whethe the affected pe so was clea ly told that a decisio occu ed, what ule was applied a d whethe mea i gful eview was available.
READ THE COMMENTARY AND WATCH THE NEWS BRIEF
Read Pete Michaels’ complete Substack comme ta y, “What If You Name Could Disappea ?”: https://digitalage.substack.com/p/what-if-you – ame-could-disappea
Watch the elated AI-assisted Digitalage News B ief, “Who Co t ols What You See?”: https://digitalage.com/ ews/who-co t ols-what-you-see
The Digitalage News B ief is compa y-p oduced a d AI-assisted, based o publicly epo ted mate ial. It is ot i depe de t huma epo ti g a d is p ovided as a example of Digitalage’s media-p ese tatio capabilities.
NON-AFFILIATION STATEMENT
Refe e ces to i dividuals, leagues, compa ies, platfo ms a d commu ities a e d aw f om public epo ti g a d a e used solely to explai Digitalage’s mode atio app oach. Nothi g i the comme ta y, News B ief o this elease states o implies affiliatio , e do seme t, spo so ship o a comme cial elatio ship.
ABOUT DIGITALAGE, INC.
Digitalage, I c., a wholly ow ed subsidia y of Hop-o , I c. (OTCID: HPNN), has built a d is ope ati g co e stateful media i f ast uctu e fo ve ified live a d eco ded co te t. The i f ast uctu e suppo ts co te t c eatio , p otectio , classificatio , dist ibutio a d mo etizatio , helpi g c eato s, ights holde s, b a ds, publishe s a d media pa t e s tu co te t i to st uctu ed, sea chable, ights-awa e a d mo etizable media assets. Digitalage is ope ati g i a i vite-o ly e vi o me t while efi i g the expe ie ce, expa di g its co te t slate a d adva ci g c eato a d pa t e pathways. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit https://www.digitalage.com o co tact
ABOUT HOP-ON, INC.
Hop-o , I c. (OTCID: HPNN) is a publicly t aded compa y focused o the developme t a d comme cializatio of tech ology assets th ough its ope ati g subsidia ies a d st ategic i itiatives. Th ough its wholly ow ed subsidia y Digitalage, I c., Hop-o is adva ci g its st ategic focus o ve ified media i f ast uctu e, c eato tech ology, ights-awa e co te t systems a d digital media mo etizatio . Additio al i fo matio is available th ough the Compa y’s public fili gs a d disclosu es.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This p ess elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts withi the mea i g of the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995 a d othe applicable secu ities laws. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i clude, but a e ot limited to, stateme ts ega di g Digitalage’s p oduct di ectio , i f ast uctu e st ategy, mode atio – elated co t ols a d desig p i ciples, c eato a d pa t e pathways a d the Compa y’s b oade ope ati g pla s. Wo ds such as “desig ed to,” “focused o ,” “expects,” “i te ds,” “co ti ues,” “p epa i g,” “pla s,” “believes” a d simila exp essio s a e i te ded to ide tify fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. These stateme ts a e based o cu e t expectatio s a d assumptio s a d a e subject to k ow a d u k ow isks, u ce tai ties a d othe facto s that could cause actual esults to diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied. Such facto s i clude, but a e ot limited to, the Compa y’s ability to execute its i f ast uctu e st ategy, ma ket accepta ce of its p oducts a d se vices, the pace of c eato a d pa t e e gageme t, egulato y developme ts, competitive dy amics, fi a ci g eeds, tech ology developme t isks a d ge e al eco omic co ditio s. Neithe Hop-o , I c. o Digitalage, I c. u de takes a y obligatio to update o evise a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, whethe as a esult of ew i fo matio , futu e eve ts o othe wise, except as equi ed by law.
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