ABC Sydney Drive: social’s algorithm

It’s impossible to use social without ads, but how you do make it so the advertising isn’t responding everything on your phone?

It’s impossible to use social without ads, but how you do make it so the advertising isn’t responding everything on your phone?

Social media doesn’t seem to exist without ads, but the way advertising appears on your phone can be incredibly frustrating.

Depending on how your phone is set up, you may find it’s taking searches and other things you mention, and turning them into ads on your social media feed. So how do you stop this, and what can be done to retrain the algorithm?

Plus what’s happening in laptops, and did Meta’s AI catch itself out?

Find out all the tech happenings on ABC Sydney Drive with Thomas Oriti on June 11, 2026 when Pickr’s Leigh Stark joins. Hear the segment from that programme, kicking off from the 44 minute 30 second mark before the ABC pulls it down, usually a week or two later.