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Madison,
Fred Langa is a near-legend in the computer / tech community. For years he edited Byte Magazine, one of the most influential and respected computer magazines ever.
His free newsletter always contains useful tidbits that are relevant regardless of your level of computer familiarity....highly recommended.

A gentle reminder to readers who may have only read the title or first few lines of the posted articles here...this is not about scanning for viruses or merely blocking spams in the usual way that everyone is accustomed to....this is about scanning the WRITTEN TEXT of the inside of messages for URL's that AOL doesn't like....the URL's that were blocked as documented in Fred Langa's article were either completely innocuous or they linked to sites that had been critical of AOL. Scanning within emails in this manner is unprecedented for an ISP.

Everybody who has more than a passing understanding of computers and the internet knows that AOL is a lousy ISP...that is not what this is all about. This is about AOL taking a step that hasn't been taken before...scanning the CONTENT of your mails, not just the addresses, attachments or headers. This is another step toward Big Brotherism....AOL would be right at home in North Korea (If NK allowed it's citizens to have internet access)