Is the net in danger of becoming censored, reformed and controlled by governments?

i keep hearing a lot of stories these days about either ; the government ' are ' going to regulate the internet - their going to regulate 'parts' of the internet or their going to start regulating social networking websites like twitter, facebook or even youtube .

that you will have to be careful what you type on the net in future and on any websites incase anybody takes offence ? and the era of internet anonymity is approaching an end .

as well as that, in general ive heard stories a lot about the governments of the west will soon take steps to regulate the net - block what websites they dont deem appropriate , restrict what sites you can visit etc .

heres a recent write up in the news recently about internet censorship provided by russia today;

'' A short while back we first told you about how Google had taken it upon themselves to censor any words that were associated with piracy sites from your searches. We also spoke of whispers that congress was working to ensure that the federal government would be able to unilaterally order search engines such a Google to block sites they put on a blacklist. Apparently the rumors were correct, because the Senate has introduced a bill that would give the government legal power to either disrupt or shut down completely, any websites "dedicated to infringing activities ".

id appreciate all views on this matter . its a subject very important to me as im against ' any ' internet regulation im in favor strongly of all freedom of expression.

thanks