We are all aware of wild happenings on the web – hate campaigns, false news, trolling and revenge porn. The fact that these activities continue shows how governments and regulators treat technology firms as different beasts to banks.
If a bank allowed such things to happen, they would be in serious trouble. If, for example, a bank leaked any financial data, they would be sanctioned and fined. However, as a banking friend pointed out to me, technology firms are not regulated in the same way as banks.
