Another change to the hit show
Love Island bosses are introducing a new screening bosses which would see hopefuls hand over the passwords to their social media accounts.
According to The Sun, potential islanders cast for the eighth season will have their accounts trawled by a search company, which will flag up hate speech, violent images, toxic language and adult images.
A source explained: “They’ve been left embarrassed in the past so this new check will flag up any issues and ensure they don’t put any wrong’uns on national TV.”
The Sun also claims that a third party company called socialmediacheck. com have been drafted in to research all the applicants.
It is reported the company will spend 24 hours investigating the past posts of all the contestants and will flag up any concerning posts or messages.
While a video for the firm reveals on their website: “Our machine learning tools look for swearing and profanity, adult images, hate speech and violent images, toxic language, negative sentiment.”
Last year, Danny Bibby’s inclusion on the dating show sparked backlash when it was discovered he had used racist language in past social media posts.
Bibby released an apology from the villa which read: “I’d like to take the time to apologise to anyone that may have taken offence to my inappropriate remark.
”I meant no offence and feel like I have really learnt from my mistakes and will never use that word again. I am a kind loving person and hopefully you get to see that in the show.”
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