Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s

Jonathan Haidt, an advocate of social media bans for young people, has been invited to address UK government officials. Photograph: Kristina Bumphrey/Variety/Getty Images

Wes Streeting has asked Jonathan Haidt, a bestselling author and high-profile advocate of banning social media for under-16s, to speak to his officials in his push for the UK to consider following a landmark ban in Australia.

The health secretary has invited Haidt to address an event with staff, charities and MPs after the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said he was open to stricter limits for young people.