Last month, Change.org reached a milestone of 200 million people having signed or started a petition on our platform in the last 10 years. We've always viewed our free petition tools as a resource for the underdogs, the Davids fighting Goliaths to make the world a better place. That's why we strongly oppose Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to end net neutrality.

Without net neutrality, a member of Congress with friends in high places at Verizon, who is being flooded with phone calls from constituents driven by one of those tools, could potentially call in a favor to have that site throttled or blocked.

Net neutrality levels the playing field so that anyone with any idea or story, regardless of how much money they have, will be able to share it, just by having access to the internet. The possibility of platforms or organizations being charged more for content delivery through "fast lanes" or "prioritization" undermines this. It's a form of democracy, not unlike the right to vote or speak up at a town hall, that should be protected, not attacked.

Read the full article by Jonathan Perri about net neutrality from Mashable