In 2020, Bark analyzed more than 2.1 billion messages across texts, email, and 30+ apps and social media platforms. These findings exclude school-based accounts.
Our 2020 research can give parents and guardians important insights into what it’s like to grow up on the internet today, allowing them to better protect their children while they use technology.
In 2020, Bark analyzed more than 2.1 billion messages across texts, email, and 30+ apps and social media platforms. These findings exclude school-based accounts.
Our 2020 research can give parents and guardians important insights into what it’s like to grow up on the internet today, allowing them to better protect their children while they use technology.
Alerts for cyberbullying range from mean-spirited teasing to hateful threats and provocations.
Alerts for mental health range from mild pessimism to talking about or planning to attempt suicide.
Alerts for violence range from texting a friend about a fight at school to direct threats against a child.
Alerts for drugs and alcohol can range from texts about prescriptions to videos of a child consuming illegal substances.
Alerts for potential self-harm and suicide include anything from text messages about cutting to an email draft of a suicide note.
Alerts for sexual content can be anything from web searches for explicit content to a child receiving nude photos.