Free comic · Season one: Who added us

NETIZEN:
The Backchannel

Four kids. One unnamed group chat. Someone added them, and nobody knows why. Four episodes about the things that really go wrong online, told as a story. Free to read, right now.

4 episodes Ages 9 to 16 No sign-up
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Four episodes, all free.

Each one ends by sending you to a free game on the same topic, and each game sends you back here.

Cover of NETIZEN: The Backchannel, Episode 1: Free Money.
EP01 Free Money Phishing Four friends get added to a group chat none of them made. Then Bille wins a prize. Read free
Cover of NETIZEN: The Backchannel, Episode 2: Borrowed.
EP02 Borrowed Password reuse Juni changes his passwords. All but one. Read free
Cover of NETIZEN: The Backchannel, Episode 3: Receipts.
EP03 Receipts Digital footprint Jawu posts one photo. Everyone in the frame pays for it. Read free
Cover of NETIZEN: The Backchannel, Episode 4: One More.
EP04 One More Attention and sleep Sudde saves his notes. Then he watches one more. Read free
The crew

Juni, Jawu, Bille and Sudde.

Four friends from four corners of the world, all added to the same chat. Then a fifth member shows up that none of them has met.

The four friends standing in a row: Bille in a black bomber jacket with his arms folded, Juni in a dark green jacket, Jawu in a yellow puffer jacket, and Sudde in a grey jumper.
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Season 1 PDF Pack

All four episodes as PDFs to keep, read offline and print at home. Personal use.

Season 1 Print Pack (classroom licence)

Press-ready print files of all four episodes, with permission to print copies for the students in one school.

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What each episode is about.

Made for ages 9 to 16. There is nothing to sign up for, no cookies and no ads. We count how many people open each episode, anonymously, and that is all.

EP01 Free MoneyPhishing
How a fake prize message works, and why the safest move is to go around it instead of trying to spot the fake.
EP02 BorrowedPassword reuse
Why one reused password puts every account at risk, and what to do about it.
EP03 ReceiptsDigital footprint
Why nothing posted is ever fully deleted, and why a photo affects everyone in the frame.
EP04 One MoreAttention and sleep
How autoplay and "one more" pull on attention and sleep, and how to take the evening back.

Every episode ends with a free five-minute game on the same topic, which makes a good way into the conversation.