That is because good uses of free speech don't make the news. Anytime you see the news remember if it is common or good it isn't news.
Your news is biased and your intellectual discernment of motivation for free speech is that of a child (or slave, or wannabe tyrant).
You should reevaluate where you source your news from because that blatantly false. One of the biggest defenders of free speech in the US is the ACLU and that is a categorically incorrect assessment of their motivations and activities.
Solution: use fraudulent DMCA takedowns to take down harassers.