They don't have the balls to actually fight that it's illegal. They would lose the case easily and create a precedent that would kill future censorship attempts.

This "defend kids" ID crap is the perfect way to create a system that can eventually be turned into a restriction. Your ID works to open Call of Duty now, but eventually you'll be told that you simply haven't had enough children to be allowed recreation.

China tried it, and birth rates accelerated their fall that year.