The film platform IMDb has found irregularities in the ratings of "The Little Mermaid" with Halle Bailey – apparently entries of racially programmed bots. IMDb is the largest movie database in the world, a kind of Wikipedia for movies.

Users can assign a score of between one and ten stars for films on IMDb. The database rebalanced the comments.. Zoom Image                 Halle Bailey as Ariel                .                 "The little Mermaid" has been rated 43,000 times since the film's release with an average rating of seven to ten stars.