The US government has declined to comment on the internet blackout in North Korea.
The internet blackout is partly an anomaly, made possible by the region's poverty and remoteness.
The meeting came as internet services in North Korea were restored following an unprecedented nine-hour internet blackout.
The timing of the internet blackout led to speculation that the United States had caused it; the White House and the State Department declined to comment.
"During the five days of the Internet blackout, I was at Tahrir Square for almost every day," he recalled, referring to the hive of the Cairo protests.
A banner ad with the headline "What to Do During an Internet Blackout" appeared on select Web sites and on a Times Square billboard.
We won't stand for it.'" As the internet blackout protest progressed 18 January, and despite Dodd's lobbying, legislators began retreating from support for the bills.
"Our data indicated a 2 hour period of social media throttling but no evidence of a full internet blackout in #Turkey," the group subsequently tweeted.
Syria's information minister, Omran Al Zoubi, denied that the government was responsible for the Internet blackout, saying that reports that roads to the airport in Damascus had been closed were untrue.
There have been few outside witnesses to the three-month popular uprising against the Assad family's 40-year rule of Syria, which has unfolded behind a rolling Internet blackout and efforts to bar foreign journalists from the country.
In an update on the Web shutdown, Mr. Cowie added: Looking closely at the continuing Internet blackout in Syria, we can see that traceroutes into Syria are failing, exactly as one would expect for a major cutoff.
