In reality, although it is perceived as the freedom of the net is gone in America, there is much being done to change this, and restore the freedom, by many growing interests. I will say, that this is not written in stone, but that anything can change, with the right conditions.

To jump to Canada for a minute, and the importance of the "freedom of speech" for posters here, it looks like some common sense has presented itself in support of respecting some of our rights.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1895535/canadian-bar-association-denounces-governments-anti-terror-bill/?hootPostID=99270db070684c9120f7f6aed81e9a48