Item #1 Science In a 2015 study researchers were able to generate rich false memories of subjects having committed a crime in 70% of cases with just suggestive interviews. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797614562862

Item #2 Science A recent study finds that subjects were no better than chance at identifying false memories from true memories in others. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00650/full