Opening a wedding with video calling apps such as FaceTime and Zoom is legal

Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, many people refrain from going out unnecessarily to maintain a social distance, and museums and other facilities continue to be temporarily closed. Meanwhile, in the state of New York in the United States, an administrative order made it legal to open a wedding ceremony using a video call app such as FaceTime .

Coronavirus means videoconference weddings now OK in New York-CNET
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New York executive order makes marriages over FaceTime legal https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/04/18/new-york-executive-order-makes-marriages-over-facetime-legal

On Saturday, April 18, 2020 local time, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York State held a press conference to make a regular report on the new coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19). During the press conference, Governor of Cuomo Governor Melissa DeRosa said, 'Today, we allow remote marriage licenses and allow weddings to be held over video calls. I have signed an administrative order, 'he said, making it possible to open a wedding with a video calling app.

The state of the press conference held on April 18 can be viewed in full in the following movie.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds daily Coronavirus press briefing | FULL — 4/18/2020-YouTube


With the spread of the new coronavirus, the demand for video calling and video conferencing apps is increasing worldwide. In addition to Apple's FaceTime, users such as Google Hangout Meet, Microsoft's Skype, Microsoft's online meeting tool Microsoft Teams, and Zoom , which has many security and privacy issues, have skyrocketed. It was.

Until now, these video calling apps have been used for dinner parties, school classes, concerts, meetings, dates, etc., but now New York will be able to legally list weddings. .

NEW: I am issuing an Executive Order allowing New Yorkers to obtain a marriage license remotely and allowing clerks to perform ceremonies via video conference.

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 18, 2020

In addition, New York is one of the areas where the damage of the new coronavirus is the largest in the United States, the number of cases as of April 18, 2020 is about 131,000, and the number of deaths is about 8900. is. New York State requires schools and some companies to close by May 15, 2020, and requires the public to wear masks in public places.