Should tech companies be more tightly regulated?

IN the wake of recent high-profile tech scares, such as a fatality involving an Uber self-driving car and Facebook's alleged mishandling of users' personal data, stricter regulation of the industry - along the lines of, say, the financial sector - has become the policy question du jour. Stock market values for leading tech companies are down - or perhaps just becoming more volatile - in the light of such concerns.

Obviously, rules regarding motor vehicles need to be examined carefully. In the United States, this is generally a …