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What Bark Monitors on Social Media

Bark scans your child’s online activities in 30+ apps and social media platforms and alerts you to issues you need to know about. Learn mo...

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Bark scans your child’s online activities in 30+ apps and social media platforms and alerts you to issues you need to know about. Learn more about what makes Bark different.

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Band

On Android, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in text chats on Band.

You can also block Band no matter what kind of device your child has.

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On all platforms, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in the comments your child makes on other people's posts.

You can also block Coverstar no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Discord

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On Android, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in direct messages, group messages, and servers on Discord (text chats only).

You can also block Discord no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Facebook

Bark scans and alerts you to issues in your child's wall posts.

You can also block Facebook, Messenger, and Messenger Kids.

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Flickr

Bark will scan and alert you to issues in the photos your child posts as well as their comments.

You can also block Flickr.

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On Androids, Bark can scan and alert you to issues in notes sent or received in a video call.

You can also block Google Meet no matter what kind of device your child has.

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GroupMe

Bark will scan and alert you to issues in your child's group messages and private messages, including images and GIFs.

You can also block GroupMe.

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Holla

On Androids, Bark can scan and alert you to issues in the private conversations.

You can also block Holla no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Instagram

On Androids and Amazon Fires, Bark can scan and alert you to issues in direct messages (text only) and searches.

You can also block Instagram no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Kik

On iOS devices, Androids, and Amazon Fires, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in private and group messages (text only).

On iOS devices, we can monitor the images in Kik messages.

You can also block Kik no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Messenger Kids

On Androids and Amazon Fires, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in direct messages (text only). Note that this is different from the “regular” Messenger app, which we’re still working on being able to support.

You can also block Messenger Kids no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Pinterest

On all platforms, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in images and descriptions that your child pins on Pinterest, as well as their profile description.

On Androids, we can even monitor direct messages (text only) and the search terms (text only) entered into the Pinterest app.

You can also block Pinterest no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Reddit

Bark will scan and alert you to issues in your child's private messages.

NOTE: Reddit released a Chats feature (that is different from private messages). Bark is exploring it but presently does not monitor Chats on Reddit.

You can also block Reddit.

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Roblox

On Android and Amazon Fire, Bark scans and alerts you to issues in your child's sent chats and searches.

You can also block Roblox no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Skype

On Androids and Amazon Fires, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in direct and group messages (text chat only).

You can also block Skype no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Slack

Bark will scan and alert you to issues in private messages, multi-party messages, and private channels on Slack.

You can also block Slack.

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Snapchat

On Androids, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in private messages, group messages, and searches (text only).

You can also block Snapchat no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Spotify

On all platforms, Bark scans your child's recently played songs and analyzes their lyrics for potential issues. We will alert you if we detect potential issues.

NOTE: Spotify has not granted us access to their podcast data, so we can't currently monitor it.

On Androids, we can even monitor the messages sent within the Spotify app.

You can also block Spotify no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Steam

On Androids, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in direct and group messages (text only).

You can also block Steam no matter what kind of device your child has.

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TikTok

On Androids and Amazon Fires, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in direct messages on TikTok (text only).

You can also block TikTok no matter what kind of device your child has.

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Tumblr

Bark will scan and alert you to issues in your child's answers, chats, links, photos, photo posts, quotes, and blog posts.

You can also block Tumblr.

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Bark scans your child's direct messages on Twitter/X for potential issues. We will alert you if we detect potential issues.

You can also block Twitter/X.

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VSCO

On Androids, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in the text direct messages (text only).

You can also block VSCO no matter what kind of device your child has.

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WhatsApp

On iOS devices and Androids, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in direct and group messages (text only).

On iOS devices, we can even monitor the images attached to a message in WhatsApp.

You can also block WhatsApp no matter what kind of device your child has.

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YouTube

On all platforms, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in...

  • Videos your child posts,

  • Comments made to those videos, and

  • New videos posted to your child's user and channel subscriptions.

On Androids and Amazon Fire, we can even monitor YouTube video titles and the search terms entered into the YouTube app, including those watched in incognito mode. At this time, this does not include the YouTube Kids app nor YouTube Stories.

You can also block YouTube, YouTube Kids, YouTube TV, and require restricted mode no matter what type of device your child has.

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