A method for controlling the deposition of stickies in pulping and papermaking processes. The method comprises adding to fibre pulp or stock an additive comprising an organo-modified siloxane comprising units of the formula: [R<1>ZSiO<(4-a-b) / 2>]n in which each R<1> is independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, aralkyl, alkaryl, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy, hydroxyl, ester or ether group, and each Z is independently selected from an alkyl group substituted with an amine, amide, carboxyl, ester, or epoxy group, or preferably at least one or more groups -R<2>-(OCpH<2p>)<q>(OC<r>H<2r>)<s>-R<3>, wherein the n is an integer greater than 1; the a and the b are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; the R<2> is an alkylene group or a direct bond; the R<3> is a group as defined for the R<1> or the Z above; the p and the r are independently an integer from 1 to 6; the q and the s are independently 0 or an integer such that 1 <= q + s <= 400. Each molecule of the organo-modified siloxane contains at least one group Z. The organo-modified siloxane is preferably a hydroxyl- or alkyl- endcapped linear polydimethylsiloxane, in which 5 to 18 mole percents of silicon atoms are substituted by the Z groups of the formula -R<2>-(OCH<2p>)<q>(OC<r>H<2r>)<s>-R<3>, wherein the p is 2, the r is 3, the q and the s are independently 10 to 20, the R<2> is an alkylene group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a direct bond, and the R<3> is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl, alkoxy, ester or ether group.