What Bark Monitors on Social Media

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Discord (Android only)
• Block Discord (All platforms)

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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Learn more:

• Block Facebook
• Monitor Facebook

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Flickr
• Block Flickr

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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Learn more:

• Monitor GroupMe
• Block GroupMe

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Holla (Android only)
• Block Holla (All platforms)

On all platforms, Bark will scan and alert you to issues in your child's posts  —  including the images, videos, and captions.

On Androids and Amazon Fires, Bark can also 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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+DMs		+DMs

Learn more:

• Monitor Instagram DMs on Android and Amazon Fire
• Block Instagram on all platforms
• Monitor Instagram posts on all platforms

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Kik DMs on iOS, Android, or Amazon Fire
• Block Kik on all platforms

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Messenger Kids on Android or Amazon Fire
• Block Messenger Kids on all platforms

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

You can also block Pinterest

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Learn more:

• Monitor Pinterest
• Block Pinterest

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Reddit
• Block Reddit

On Android, 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.

Android	iOS	Amazon Fire	Computers

Learn more:

• Monitor Roblox (Android only)
• Block Roblox (All platforms)

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Skype on Android or Amazon Fire
• Block Skype on all platforms

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Slack
• Block Slack

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Snapchat (Android only)
• Block Snapchat (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.

You can also block Spotify.

Android	iOS	Amazon Fire	Computers

Learn more:

• Monitor Spotify
• Block Spotify

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Steam Chats (Android Only)
• Block Steam (All Platforms)

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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Learn more:

• Monitor TikTok on Android or Amazon Fire
• Block TikTok on all platforms

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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Learn more:

• Monitor Tumblr
• Block Tumblr

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

You can also block Twitter.

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Learn more:

• Monitor Twitter
• Block Twitter

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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Learn more:

• Monitor VSCO (Android only)
• Block VSCO (All platforms)

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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Learn more:

• Monitor WhatsApp on iOS or Android
• Block WhatsApp on all platforms

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, 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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Learn more:

• Monitor YouTube posts on all platforms
• Monitor YouTube views & Searches on Android
• Block YouTube on all platforms
• Enable YouTube restricted mode on all platforms